Question about mass air flow sensor.

[StockSucks]

What do i do with it when i put the short ram intake on the car. Its an 05. Do i put it between the filter and tube or do i just let it hang or what......

[FordFasteRR]

What do i do with it when i put the short ram intake on the car. Its an 05. Do i put it between the filter and tube or do i just let it hang or what......


check out this DIY...

http://www.nitrousworld.com/ff_sri_custom.php

it should give you an idea.

the difference between the pics shown in the link and your car is that you have to keep the MAF.

the easiest thing to do is to cut the intake a little shorter, and attach the maf on the end of it, and then attach the cone filter directly on the maf.

that is how I setup my gt v6 tib and it has worked perfectly for 2 years.

=)

[scampbell1324]

Here’s what I’m told.

- If your going to cut the M.A.F. into the new intake, you need to space it so its the same distance away from the engine and filter as it was when the stock intake was on.

-Also, if you live in NY, you probably shouldn't do it. If your engine light comes on, you’re ****ed. NY fails you for your inspection if your engine light is on.

[mtlelantra]

Here’s what I’m told.

- If your going to cut the M.A.F. into the new intake, you need to space it so its the same distance away from the engine and filter as it was when the stock intake was on.

-Also, if you live in NY, you probably shouldn't do it. If your engine light comes on, you’re ****ed. NY fails you for your inspection if your engine light is on.

you don't cut the MAF... you cut the intake pipe to length, and couple the MAF to the end of it so that it was similar to the stock setup. Unless you somehow damage the MAF during handling, you won't get a CEL.

[scampbell1324]

Well duh you don't cut the MAF. :iamwithst

[StockSucks]

i got it right after i posted the thread guys...thanks anyway. I put the MA sensor on the end and put the filter right on the sensor and it works GREAT! No check engine light or anything. It sounds awsome and even though its STILL an elantra(slow) i can definetly tell a diffrence.

[05xd]

-Also, if you live in NY, you probably shouldn't do it. If your engine light comes on, you’re ****ed. NY fails you for your inspection if your engine light is on.
Thats anywhere now I think.Also, you can be failed for the light being burnt out or taken out.
I have had my SRI on since I just about bought the car and have had no problem with it

[03SilverBullet]

Here’s what I’m told.

- If your going to cut the M.A.F. into the new intake, you need to space it so its the same distance away from the engine and filter as it was when the stock intake was on.

-Also, if you live in NY, you probably shouldn't do it. If your engine light comes on, you’re ****ed. NY fails you for your inspection if your engine light is on.
That doesnt go only for NY. Its commen sense not to pass your car if your CEL is on.

[soullesselantra]

theoretically wouldnt you be able to just take the MAF sensor and tap a hole into the intake and use it that way?

[mtlelantra]

The MAF is one big tube it itself... it's not like the GM ones which is just the sensor that gets bolted into the intake. So you have to fit the whole MAF tube inline with the intake. Got to the engine pic thread and look at some of the 04+ engines and you'll see that extra tube with the electrical connections that isn't on 01-03s...

[soullesselantra]

i know the MAF is one big tube, but the sensor itself is actually just a little piece that comes in from the top, and measures airflow, so in essence the MAF sensor unit, could be placed into piping via a hole in the top, allowing the sensor to get accurate airflow readings...

[mtlelantra]

I don't think it's worth removing the innards from it's housing just to get the sensor retrofit directly into a CAI or SRI. If you want to do it, go ahead, put up a DIY.
Mounting the MAF inline works fine, the flow past the sensor is calibrated for the diameter of the MAF housing and is easy as pie to install. It's a pretty delicate sensor, and I think it's pretty expensive. You don't want to drop the MAF or touch the inside or anything, let alone muck around with it too much outside of it's housing.

[soullesselantra]

the only reason i brought that up is because i did the same thing on my 89 Mustang when i fittted a honda CAI to it, the only issue was keeping the sensor in place but after some fabrication and a little epoxy, everything worked out well (granted i had a spare MAF if i broke one)

[scampbell1324]

Your the Penguin Bashing Champion? That's pritty cool.

My car has the MAF i think, the sqare box on the top of your stock intake right? I've also been told that i have the MAP. Whats the P stand for?

2003 Elantra GT, the intakes in my trunk, and i want it on my engine.


Lots of threads on this intake deal and they tell me the same thing, and thats not saying much.

[mtlelantra]

My car has the MAF i think, the sqare box on the top of your stock intake right? I've also been told that i have the MAP. Whats the P stand for?

2003 Elantra GT, the intakes in my trunk, and i want it on my engine.


Unless it's a late 2003 model, it should have a MAP. The MAF is a tube with an electrical connection that comes off the stock airbox in between the elbow on the TB and the airbox.
Take a look:
http://www.elantraxd.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3326


MAF=mass air flow
MAP=manifold absolute pressure

[fgummett]

My car has the MAF i think, the sqare box on the top of your stock intake right? I've also been told that i have the MAP. Whats the P stand for?MAP = Manifold Absolute Pressure sensor, "a variable resistor used to monitor the difference in pressure between the intake manifold at outside atmosphere.
This information is used by the engine computer to monitor engine load (vacuum drops when the engine is under load or at wide open throttle). When the engine is under load, the computer may alter spark timing and the fuel mixture to improve performance and emissions."

MAF = Mass Air Flow sensor, "located before the air filter on the air intake. It measures the amount of air flow and is used by the ECU when controlling the air/fuel ratio"

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[FordFasteRR]

Glad it worked for you !

I don't have a CEL from that mod on the tib either.

Has worked great for 2 + years.

Be sure to clean the filter every 6 months or so. =)

Good luck !

[scampbell1324]

Yea i have the MAF i think. I take pictures and post them tonight prolly. Ill also give pictures of my intake for a better idea of waht im taking about. I think thaat they gave me an intake for a MAP bc it came with the tube. unless i need the blue tube and the MAF. So much information....guh

Pictures SOON

[BogiesHyundai]

i putthe mass air flow sensor in the middle behind my short air intake filter

[scampbell1324]

I took the intake a "eye" measured with my stock, and it actually turns out if i put the MAF on the end of my intake and before the filter, it's basically in the stock position witch is cool b/c now there’s no cutting. So i was like YES! So I went to H.E.P. (Heating, electronics, and plumbing) and they didn't have 3 to 2 1/2 couplers (MAF is 2 1/2 and intake is 3.) I also went to Advanced Auto and Value Home Center, no luck. So I don’t know where to get them, any ideas? I love in Geneva NY: Bout and hour away from Rochester if you know any good places around here.

[scampbell1324]

Hooorayyyy!

Intakes on, no problems

I put the M.A. on backwards the first time, and the car stalled :cool: .
Second time was the charm, I actually kinda built my own. I got the tube for the engine, but didn’t need it, the other one reaches fine. And then I went to Value Home Centers and for a 3" to 3" coupler from my chrome piece to my M.A.F. , then I put the K and N filter right on the censer. So yea Pictures prolly Tomorrow.