MAF

[Francois Dion]

soren wrote:

> >170 Gm/sec works out to 300 cfm (and about 205 HP) (at sea level), which
> >works out to 84% or so VE--on the low side, which indicates a lot of
> >restriction from the MAF!  If the thing only has a 25 mm diameter throat,
> >your MAP at WOT can only get up to about 12.0 or 12.5 psia. (Basically ,
> >the MAF is throttling the engine!)
>
>     First of all, isn't the "95 3800 rated at about 205 HP? Second, after
> working in a Buick garage for 4 years, I am pretty sure that MAF sensor is
> not 25 mm in diameter!

He prolly meant 25mm radius... 50mm sounds about right on a car putting around
200hp.

Ciao,
Francois Dion (francois at hyperreal.org)
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