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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:26 AM
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I was looking in a new upgrade im looking at the maf sensor dnt know if i should do it or do somthing else?... I was reading it gives u 10-15hp to the rear wheel....any one have this upgrade and if so how do u like it and did u feel the power and what kind do u think i should go with or should i go with some other upgrade?? Thanx
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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:29 AM
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imo dont waist your money on that it doesnt help out..well it didnt on homeboys truck idk it felt the same
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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:42 AM
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So ur saying its a waist of money then?...ur boy has one and didnt like it or what?
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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:46 AM
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If you have swap intake & tb to something bigger. I could see a reason behind it. If your still running stock stuff leave it be.
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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:48 AM
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So ur saying its a waist of money then?...ur boy has one and didnt like it or what?
yeah dont waist your money...he put the maf and spacer at the same time and the truck felt the same beofre and after..heres some good info hope it helps u http://rgvtruckperformance.net/rgvtr...ss+flow+sensor
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Old May 9, 2011 | 12:49 AM
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Stock intake and tb but tb is p&p
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Old May 9, 2011 | 01:04 AM
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Your stock MAF is around 85ish & your tb is 78mm. So it's not going to pay to go bigger. Spend the money on some real power "cam" comes to mind.

Btw I like the paint job looks killer
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Old May 9, 2011 | 01:17 AM
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Im thinking nitrous i seen a kit for 4bills...im thinking a cam next yr
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Old May 9, 2011 | 01:56 AM
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X2 on waste of money. I pait about 350 for the granatelli MAF. It was junk and the oil from the K&N FIP II kit kept messign with the sensor.

On the NOS kit, just read up on how to stay legal with a N20 Kit. Cali has too many greenie laws.

IF it was me I would just go FI but thats 10X the amount your lookingg to spend.
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Old May 9, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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The only time you need to replace the MAF is when it starts to become the restriction and I believe its good for somewhere in the 600 hp range. I had an idea the other day about using a duramax mass air sensor as it could be put into any size air tube going to the engine. It would most likely have to be rescaled to make it control the fuel correctly but it would no longer be a bottle neck in the intake.
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