My MAF Screen removal adventure

[mestupryan]

So I heard about this neat little mod you can do to your car, so I got out and tried it today. Popped off the K&N air intake, and then proceeded to scrape out the O ring and screen with a flat head and some pliers. Put it back together and tried to crank it. Car just sputtered and the needles on all my guages went crazy. I was thinking "oh boy, i just killed my car."

So I proceed to put the screen and O ring back in, and try cranking again. Same thing.:eek: Now im thinking this really is bad. Then I realized something, why would the intake be affecting my engine cranking? So i whip out my handy Voltimeter and check my battery voltage. It's at 11.7V, which is pretty low. So I charge it up, and try it again and it works perfectly!

Once again, I take out the screen and o ring and take it for a spin. I notice immediately my exhaust sounds better, a deeper rumble (maybe it just could be that it was cold outside?), but the throttle seems to be a bit more responsive also. All in all, a fun experience, and I thought I'd share it with you guys as my first post.

Cheers!:wavey:

[FireBird_Fr3ak]

Re: My MAF Screen removal adventure

what year of car?

[homedog119]

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get pics of ur car unless its a bird then we dont care lol

[mestupryan]

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99 Camaro (straight intake to TB)

[mestupryan]

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there's a recent pic of it, it did have racing stripes, but i took them off

[FireBird_Fr3ak]

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get pics of ur car unless its a bird then we dont care lol

How bout you dont get me started, remember a certain "Meaning of Camero" Thread? :)

EDIT: That reminds me we need a poll on the "Best thread of 06"

[iGoRa]

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I would say its not a good mod but if its work for you , than its good , I know ppl that will buy that screen of you, lol

[Smoke Panther]

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all the gains you feel more than likely placebo

[mestupryan]

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Yeah I was thinking it could just be placebo, but that screen is pretty restrictive once you look at it. And its not really doing my engine any harm without it, and I can pop it back in about 3 mins if i have to :tup:

[rdrr96]

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my car actually benefited from me taking it off... i got a whole new intake (home made) but that screen was caked in crap... definately sucked down some power.

[airattack111]

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I'm sure they gain a horse or two, don;t do it with the stock intake and air filter though, you'll need at least a k&n filter AND rubber gasket so your not sucking crap up.

[Smoke Panther]

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but that screen is pretty restrictive once you look at it.

Let me guess...you guestimated about how much of your TB was blocked by the total area of the screen, and came to the conclusion that about 1/3 of the intake was being blocked, resulting in 1/3 less air getting in? Sorry, but the way air flows is not that simplistic.

[lookout4theyeti]

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my car actually benefited from me taking it off... i got a whole new intake (home made) but that screen was caked in crap... definately sucked down some power.

So the screen was caked in crap, and you took it off and left it off? If there was junk on the screen then that means that now that you took the screen off, all of that junk is gonna go right into your engine... I would have just cleaned it and then put it back in if I were you

[homedog119]

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How bout you dont get me started, remember a certain "Meaning of Camero" Thread? :)

EDIT: That reminds me we need a poll on the "Best thread of 06"

I vote for that thread

[ReodDai]

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!MAF was never worth the surging I got from it.