project update (MAF)

[Gary Derian]

Sure.  Anywhere you remove a restriction from the system air flow and
therefore power will increase.  Greater gains can be made when removing
bottlenecks.

Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>


> Please DO put up John thanks!
>
> I gotta wonder about that MAF restriction.. I have 1989 MAF 5.7l one day I
> was driving long distange and all of a sudden I had what felt like 20%
more
> low end power! when I got to my destination I opened the hood to find the
> clamp that I had between the filter cone (not a KnN) and the MAF had
popped
> off letting the MAF have unfiltered but unrestricted air (maybe it was
> getting inaccurate readings and leaning out what I may have set up
> over-rich... too many variables) but anyway I FELT that intake restriction
> is what I don't want. Sure 750 cfm is the limit of the "altered" MAF but
> mechanical engineering tells me that if there were a 5" tube there in its
> place then the total system restriction is less! understanding that the
MAF
> is about the least restrictive part of the system doesn't mean you cannot
> improve breathing by making it larger! am I way out here??
>
> Oh.. before I get corrected.. I realize that the clamp falling off in that
> location didnt make the MAF less restrictive.. my point is that it made
the
> total system less restrictive and by association I am saying it applies to
> losing any restriction. My final final thought is that I can see the light
> leading to MAP.
>