[Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, ~$price? (HELP)

[matt S]

Yeah my understanding was 80mm with stock box any orientation is fine, w/out 
stock box has to be in the correct alignment of original 55...  I had my 
80mm on at an odd angle with stock box.. Worked great, dyno proved nothing 
was wacky.

mat


>From: "Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@peoplepc.com>
>To: "'SHOTimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, ~$price? (HELP)
>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:23:34 -0600
>
>I run a stock 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII 80mm MAF with my stock SHO air box. I
>had to turn the MAF 90 degrees to get it to fit. Works great but I have 
>been
>told that the MAF orientation is critical and that rotating it can throw
>things off? More stealth too for the SCCA under hood safety inspections!!
>.
>.
>
>
>
> > Memory is hazy here, but one of the 80mm MAFs out there has a straight
> > housing like the stock 55mm, and if that step-down ring is removed, it
>woks
> > on the stock airbox.
> >
> > FWIW, I have the conical and the SS Can on mine, but the problem I see
>with
> > the K&N conical is that you need a Can or some other setup to get cold 
>air
> > from the fenderwell. Given my druthers, a stock airbox with a K&N panel
> > should work just fine if it can still be used.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> >
> > The 80mm is just like the 77mm, it has a "velocity stack" that is part
> > of the MAF body, and is what the cone filter bolts too.  There is no way
> > to remove it to get it to fit the stock airbox.  Also the 80mm is
> > plastic, which should help with heat soak, whereas the 75 is metal, as
> > well as the 77.
> >
> > Bill Murray
> >
> >
> > 75mm fits the stock airbox, IIRC, and the 80mm needs another filter.
> >
> > Although I recall someone removing the step-down ring from a stock
> > airbox
> > and the 80mm fits it......
> >
> > Go with the 75mm. The sizes are not an airflow, but a level of airflow
> > metering precision. The 75mm is fine, and there is not any advantage to
> > the
> > bigger MAF on an n/a SHO.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
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