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Old 09-17-2008, 02:47 PM
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Would anyone know what exactly i would have to change to mass air for? My 88 Gt still has its speed density and i have put some minor mods on it like an American Thunder catback, and an MSD ignition coil. I was looking to put on Hooker Headers when i read that the mods im putting on wont be working properly with the speed density, so i wanna know how far can i go with modifications until its neccesary to convert to mass air?
 
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Old 09-17-2008, 03:35 PM
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You can go really far, I think. I'm not sure on the 88, but with 94-04's you pretty much have to turbo/supercharge before you'll need a bigger MAF.
 
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Old 09-18-2008, 07:18 AM
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Hes talking about changing his speed density setup to a maf setup. If you want to run good sized cams and start doing heads etc.. to actully make the car a lot faster you need to do the swap.
 
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Old 09-18-2008, 09:30 AM
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Oh, gotcha. Care to elaborate? I've never heard of that..
 
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Old 09-18-2008, 02:11 PM
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So for bolt ons my speed density will work fine, but its when i tear into my engine that i need to convert to maf?
 
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Old 09-18-2008, 02:23 PM
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As far as I know, yes. As for how far you can go mod wise before needing to switch, I don't know. If you're looking at high-flow headers, you'll probably need to do the swap, though.
 
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Old 09-18-2008, 02:30 PM
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Thanks. I guess i gotta get a 500 dollar conversion to maf
 
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Old 10-07-2008, 12:17 AM
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You can basically make all the mods you want except a big cam. I had a 86 Gt with SD and it had heads, intake, headers, all the bolt ons and then i eventually tried a E303 cam, Some say they have had good and bad luck with putting a E303 in a SD car, but crower also makes a cam just for this application. When i put the cam in i had a few drivability issues with the computer not knowing what to do, but at WOT it ran like a beast.
 
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