Ported MAF

[Dave Mustang]

Hi, I'm new to the forum and new to SHOs in general in terms of working on them. I've always been a big fan of them and now that I finally have a chance to own one (me and three buddies pitched in on one) I joined the forum to learn a little more. I used to own two 3.8L sables and so I have a load of spare parts for my SHO. Out of boredom today I ported out the 3.8L maf, the maf looked like a real bottleneck problem for the SHO in terms of getting air into the engine and I figured it probably rendered the CAI that came with the car virtually useless.

Anyways I'm here to say I know nothing and have been lightly surfing around seeing what problems others are running into. Does anyone think this (pictures below) will assist any future mods in picking up a couple horses? If not, no biggie, it just cost me a couple hours of time that I would have spent doing something equally unimportant.

 

[SHOMON]

Dude you killed the actual sensor itself! LOL in the last pic it looks like you ported the inlet for the electronics.

 

[Dave Mustang]

Dude you killed the actual sensor itself! LOL in the last pic it looks like you ported the inlet for the electronics.

You realize that's a picture of the back of the MAF, right?

 

[Racer X]

Apparently, he doesn't.

Regardless, you've ruined the calibration of the sensor by doing that. You'll need to replace it now.

 

[SHOMON]

Yes hence the LOL laugh out loud. J/k would have been better.:}

 

[SASHO91]

The stock MAF is not a restriction for a stock car and is good for 300chp. You just killed a good MAF.

 

[SHOMON]

come on can't anyone take a joke man. I was just ribbin a new guy.

 

[Dave Mustang]

Well like I said, It's not the stock MAF, but one I pulled off a 3.8L Sable so It's no skin off my back if it's junked.

 

[SHOMON]

In your OP I thought you messed up saying it was a 3.8 MAF. I guess the joke was on me? Haha

 

[expy916]

¿Por que?

 

[Dave Mustang]

In your OP I thought you messed up saying it was a 3.8 MAF. I guess the joke was on me? Haha

Don't sweat it. Anyways, I've yet to even put the MAF on since I'm on the other side of town doing the a/c system on a different car. Looks like I just have a lot to learn, haha.

 

[hawkeye18]

yeah, the sensor is calibrated for a certain amount of airflow per volt... well, millivolt, actually, so the sensor is trash, but a bigger MAF is a common upgrade for SHOs. Not that it does a whole heluva lot, but once you start getting up there in bolt-ons, it starts to make a difference.

 

[Racer X]

The FWD Essex 3.8L (pre-split port) and the 3.0L and 3.2L SHO share the same MAF.

 

[SUPERMN]

i got a 80mm pro flow MAF calibrated for the SHO off ebay for like $30 , although i dont really have many other mods to help support yet it, the stock MAF may be good up to a certain hp, i felt a diff with a stock motor so id say its worth it to a certain extent, i wouldnt go paying $200+ for one on a stock motor but if you can find one cheap like i did , i say its worth it, id have to say the power diff felt like going from a stock intake to a CAI , nothing big but noticeable

 

[Phoenix]

Bigger MAF = chip or tuner , case closed , no other way around it.

The first mod you want is the Y-pipe. Biggest bang for the buck. Theres no cheap ass mods on a sho.

 

[SUPERMN]

do you mean to use at all or to get the most out of it?? cause i plugged my 80mm MAF with no chip or tuner

 

[Phoenix]

do you mean to use at all or to get the most out of it?? cause i plugged my 80mm MAF with no chip or tuner

Then you car is running too lean or too rich , and/or a mix of these 2. Will result in bad MPG , plus running too lean (long term) can result in engine damage. Not worth it for a couple HP if any. You may even loose HP at some point even though you might think it has more power because it "pulls" more.

 

[SUPERMN]

even though its supposedly been tuned for a SHO by pro flow? as for MPG i just filled it up yesterday i got about 325 to my last tank could of possibly strectched it to 350ish and its the 16.5 tank, thats a mix of city and hwy mostly hwy but alot of ac use too, oh and i just ran the car through insp like 2 weeks ago with this MAF on and i had perfect emissions readings across the board, actually both readings were not much higher then a zero,lol! , if that matters any

 

[SASHO91]

The Pro-flow (Pro-m) MAF's don't need a tune. But they are the only ones that don't. However, does that mean its perfect, and doesnt need any help? No, I'm sure it could be tuned alittle better.