flow bench using EFI parts?

[mrvette]

Great thinking!!!!!.....as a matter of fact, it's all relative anyway,   you are
just looking for less vacuum reading at greater flow capacity....for a given
amount of air......so the exact way the numbers are displayed doesn't
matter!!!   NO?      GENE

ECMnut at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hey gang,
>  one of the recent posts got me thinking about
> the possibility of using a Mass Airflow Sensor as a measuring device
> for a flow bench.  Positively the worst part of building a flowbench, is the
> big, clunky manomometer.  How "small" of an airflow amount can a MAF sensor
> detect?
> Would they detect air flow that occurs when an exhaust valve is
> only 100 thousanths off the seat?
> What is the smallest engine that has a MAF sensor?
> Calibrating it should be interesting...
> It would be great to throw away the traditional manomometer.
> Instead of a column of water, you could get a digital readout !.
> Uhhh..er.. has this been done for 20 years and I wasn't aware of it?
> Thanks,
> Mike V.
> Rip VanWinkle

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