ATTN: 00-04 Vortech Owners!

[Smokeurhonda]

I bought a 00-04 vortech sq kit. It is brand new, but did not buy from authorized dealer. It is the high output kit with the aftercooler and is suppose to run at 9-10 ibs. Question is did your kit come with a MAF? I looked all through mine and can't find one. I have the fuel pump, and injectors. Am I suppose to run a stock MAF at 10 pounds of boost?

 

[bobc83]

Where did you purchase it from? I would hope they would tell you before hand what comes in the kit? but no, I don't believe your stock MAF will last, prolly peg out.

 

[Smokeurhonda]

Yeah I also am thinking it will peg. I bought it as a private sale off another guy. So I don't know if it just got misplaced or if the kit doesn't come with one.

 

[stylin99]

Vortech kits do not come with a new MAF that I know of. You need to get a new one, or have a tuner make the necessary adjustments in the tune for your stock MAF. I'd suggest an upgrade to something like the Pro-M .

 

[darkside03gt]

None of the vortech kits come with a new maf. some of the newer kits come with a diablo mafia but thats about it. I too have a vortech non intercooled running right around 7lbs of boost and I was pegging my maf at a hair under the max 5 volts. I recomend buying a new maf over a extender like the mafia. Sct and sniper both make good maf that arent too expensive. If you dont plan on ever pushing it beyond the 9psi you will be making you might get away with ford lightning 90mm maf. you can pick them up new on ebay for as little as $65 but you might pegg that one too in witch case you will have to buy a exender, those two combined wont be much cheaper then actaully buying a good maf.

 

[DBMSTNG]

i suggest to stay away from a Pro-M Maf and go with a Ford style Maf like the 90mm Lightning Maf or SCT Mafs. easier to tune for.

 

[xAchillesx]

I went with an SCT maf, as my tuner uses the sct software as well. I have had 0 problems and I run 10 lbs non-intercooled.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

MY 96 Cobra makes 8.6 lbs of boost with a stock MAF and T-body. I don't think MAF's are necessary with the proper tune.

 

[SilverBullet00]

I was very close to pegging my lightning MAF @ 10.5 psi. I would deff look at running a lightning MAF or an SCT..

 

[spederman]

im running a lightning 90mm MAF with a Diablo Mafia and no probs here.

 

[DBMSTNG]

MY 96 Cobra makes 8.6 lbs of boost with a stock MAF and T-body. I don't think MAF's are necessary with the proper tune.

bigger mafs or maf extenders are necessary once you peg the maf you have. your stock maf may not beg at 8lbs, which is fine, but if you were to go to 12lbs it would peg. at that point, you'd be a fool not to get a larger maf as your cars computer would not have an accurate measure of the intake air charge. thus your a/f ratio could easily be off no matter how good the tune is as the tune would not be able to compensate for the air charge at anything above the 5V limit.

 

[Smokeurhonda]

Thanks for everybodies rapid response. I plan on having JPC tune the car and I know they use predator software. So perhaps the lighting MAF with the mafia would be the best bet?