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

[John J. Weidenbenner]

alfitz.com sellsa kit for this.

http://www.alfitz.com/sho/maf-80mm.html

John W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt S" <poissonverte2@hotmail.com>
To: <clubairth@peoplepc.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 80mm MAF failure, ~$price? (HELP)


> 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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