flow bench using EFI parts?

[Walter Petermann]

Mike,
I had one hooked up to 12v on the bench and was amazed at how sensitive
it was. I dont mean to be crude, but it will literally pick up a fart
(albeit in mv :)!

  Walter

mrvette wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> --
> 
>                                 ____________
> Fun under the sun in          //~~~~~~~~~~~~\\
> Jacksonville, Fl.  :-)))     //______________\\
>                        /~~~---~   |      |   ~---~~~\
>                       /|    /______\____/______\    |\
>                     (( | /      |          |      \ | ))
>      Mako 'Vettes    | \============================/ |
>  Shift better with   |\ \\[  ]    |mrvette|   [  ]// /|
>      Automatics      | \/+========================+\/ |
>                      |~==============================~|
>                      |_____|                    |_____|
> -------------------------------------------------------------------