Newbie on deck!

[hock]

Hello, my name is Hock and I'm a newbie.

Ok, enough of that crap. I just bought a 99 SHO this week and like everyone else that buys these kind of cars I have a question.

While looking under the hood I noticed that the MAF was painted black. Is that typical for these cars of is it most likely an after market MAF. I have a 90 SC so I know what the normal Ford MAF's look like thats why I'm not too sure about this one.

So far I like this car, its not quiet as fast as my SC but it sure does get me through traffic quick and it's perfect for the family. I bought for $5000 and it has Borla mufflers and the cams where already welded so thats one less thing I have to worry about. I have to look a little harder but I swear it already had a trans cooler too.

 

[ManySHOs]

Welcome

Most (all?) gen3 SHO MAF's are black plastic or polycarbonate. I think it's cheaper to produce and is less susceptible to heat soak. They are 80mm's by the way.

Ian

 

[MotorMouth]

Welcome :wave:

 

[Ian Macoomb]

My '97 MAF is silver in colour. The '99 MAF went to plastic. Some say it's better because it's less likely to transmit heat to the intake air.

 

[SHOZ123]

The '99s also got rid of the bridge that went through the middle of the metal ones. I bet the the MAF tables are different in the programming.

 

[lancSHO]

96-97 - Silver aluminum. If I'm not mistaken. The Ford ****** ZX2 is the same way, only the 98-99's had a aluminum MAF, and the mid-late 99-03 had black plastic MAFS.

98-99 - Black plastic.

 

[Wess]

Jarhead On Deck!

Hello, my name is Hock and I'm a newbie.

Ok, enough of that crap. I just bought a 99 SHO this week and like everyone else that buys these kind of cars I have a question.

While looking under the hood I noticed that the MAF was painted black. Is that typical for these cars of is it most likely an after market MAF. I have a 90 SC so I know what the normal Ford MAF's look like thats why I'm not too sure about this one.

So far I like this car, its not quiet as fast as my SC but it sure does get me through traffic quick and it's perfect for the family. I bought for $5000 and it has Borla mufflers and the cams where already welded so thats one less thing I have to worry about. I have to look a little harder but I swear it already had a trans cooler too.

First of all, OOH-RAH Devil Dog!

Welcome to the Forum. Just curious, did you get your 99' from Jason in Vanceboro? If so, that's a sweet 99'

 

[hock]

First of all, OOH-RAH Devil Dog!

Welcome to the Forum. Just curious, did you get your 99' from Jason in Vanceboro? If so, that's a sweet 99'

Um, why yes, I did get it off of Jason in Vanceboro, and yes, its very SWEET! Other than the 96 GT I had I have never recieved some many good comments about my car, well except my 90 SC but that was all from drag racing. Semper Fi!

Later,
Hock

 

[Mr. SHO]

The '99s also got rid of the bridge that went through the middle of the metal ones. I bet the the MAF tables are different in the programming.

Not mine. The '99 MAF sensor I have in my '97 is virtually identical to the alloy '97 MAF sensor, except that it's black plastic.

 

[SHOZ123]

Hmm must have got some bad info from one of the trolls on V8sho email then......