port and polish my MAF?

**jakez28** · 04-05-2010, 02:20 PM

I have my stock MAF on my car right now. my buddy gave me a halfway done p&p maf and i wanna finish the job and put in my car to see some diff. anybody know how to polish a MAF, lets say in my own garage? what will i need

**Y2KPewterSS** · 04-05-2010, 03:37 PM

Best advice you will get free of charge, don't touch your MAF, leave the stock one alone, never port/polish the MAF.

**basballny2** · 04-05-2010, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS

Best advice you will get free of charge, don't touch your MAF, leave the stock one alone, never port/polish the MAF.

couldnt agree more

**jakez28** · 04-05-2010, 04:58 PM

really? ok then. well my bud told me i would feel the diff in the few hp that id gain but it just didnt sound right to me.. id rather go buy an aftermarket one thanks tho

**Y2KPewterSS** · 04-05-2010, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by jakez28

really? ok then. well my bud told me i would feel the diff in the few hp that id gain but it just didnt sound right to me.. id rather go buy an aftermarket one thanks tho

I wouldn't waste my money on an aftermarket MAF either. Just leave the stock MAF alone. It is good up to 500HP, there is no need to tinker with the MAF. Spend your money elsewhere.

**Cutlass** · 04-05-2010, 05:25 PM

Yep. Don't touch the MAF

**basballny2** · 04-05-2010, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by jakez28

well my bud told me i would feel the diff in the few hp that id gain

your not going to "feel" a few hp.......

**shady milkman** · 04-05-2010, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by jakez28

really? ok then. well my bud told me i would feel the diff in the few hp that id gain but it just didnt sound right to me.. id rather go buy an aftermarket one thanks tho

keep in mind what the maf does and its relationship with the pcm...the maf reads air flow ..sends the signal to the pcm...the pcm interprets this signal based on the idea that the maf is completely stock , screen and all...so when you change that you change the way air enters and travels over the sensors ..so imagine the confusion and poor performance you would get on a stock tune.

most of the aftermarket mafs will "gain" you power by making the car run lean..something i dont want to leave up to a aftermarket maf on a stock tune.

**RyanJM** · 04-05-2010, 05:51 PM

I would argree with leaving the stock one alone. I have a aftermarket granatelli because my stock one wasn't working and needed to be replaced. Might have been old and because it spent many years as a dd up with me in Mass. I drive it though snow, slush, and rain. Was my only car at the time so it didn't have a choice but my axle is all rusty and look beaten and one front lower are is dented, who knows maybe I hit something years ago. My factory chrome wheels even bubbled and flakes off. Now I have all new umiLca's, panhard, spohn sway bars, bmr spings, and kyb agx's, all I have left is the umi upper and lower arms in the front and a 9" and the car will look like new again.

**c5z28** · 04-05-2010, 06:05 PM

What they said

**jakez28** · 04-06-2010, 07:13 AM

right on ill leave that alone thx fellas

**basballny2** · 04-06-2010, 09:50 AM

you could port and polish your throttle body however

**98maro** · 04-06-2010, 10:10 AM

Yeah. Port & polish you throttle body it's a good Idea
also do the overpass on the throttle body coolant hose

**sjsingle1** · 04-06-2010, 04:31 PM

i still dont get it......port...descreen.......dont port....dont descreen......those 3 little wires dont care whats in front of them......they just report how much air is going past them..........no??? the new GM replacement MAF has no screen........

**shady milkman** · 04-07-2010, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by sjsingle1

i still dont get it......port...descreen.......dont port....dont descreen......those 3 little wires dont care whats in front of them......they just report how much air is going past them..........no??? the new GM replacement MAF has no screen........

the problem is the stock calibration...you can descreen and then tune and be fine.....however porting causes inconsistent readings and makes it almost impossible to tune.

the screen is there to straighten/smooth out the air flow ..this isnt a problem with the corvette and f-bodys as we are a straight intake tract ..but none the less...it is tuned for it.

**sjsingle1** · 04-07-2010, 11:39 PM

ok.......analogy time......a wind sock says its blowing 50 miles a hour.....after we port it and descreen it......it now says its blowing 60 MPH.....the computer should think....its now blowing 60 MPH...not 50MPH.....and the smart computer should be able to compensate for the increased speed....or are we blaming the smart(dumb?) computer cuz it cant recalibrate for the new and improved windsock???........and between the air filter and the intake valve/engine cylinder......is a straight airflow important? or even possible considering the twists and turns throughtout the entire intake tract??? .........i always laugh at those commercials for the "TORNADO"

**Cutlass** · 04-08-2010, 03:31 AM

The MAF uses a hot wire to measure air flow. Air flow through the MAF cools this hot wire. The MAF outputs a frequency based on how much current is required to keep the hot wire at a certain temperature. The MAF and computer are precisely calibrated to exactly how much air flows through it vs. its frequency output. If the maf output is 10 Hz and the computer thinks there is 5 grams/sec of air flow, but there is actual more airflow then the your gonna run lean.

**shady milkman** · 04-08-2010, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by Cutlass

The MAF uses a hot wire to measure air flow. Air flow through the MAF cools this hot wire. The MAF outputs a frequency based on how much current is required to keep the hot wire at a certain temperature. The MAF and computer are precisely calibrated to exactly how much air flows through it vs. its frequency output. If the maf output is 10 Hz and the computer thinks there is 5 grams/sec of air flow, but there is actual more airflow then the your gonna run lean.

What he said. That is the "gain" aftermarket mafs give you...not always a good idea with a stock tune

**sjsingle1** · 04-08-2010, 08:27 AM

I am getting a SD tune ....................

**shady milkman** · 04-08-2010, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by sjsingle1

I am getting a SD tune ....................

why ?

what are your mods ? what are your goals ....chances are if you are still in the modding stage and such..a SD tune would not be very wise for you.