MAF Choices

EDGE Motorsport

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ok guys.. just a quick one..

what are peoles preferes MAF manufacturers? Am i best getting an SCT big air maf, or a Ford Lighning one... kind of an open question i guess...

mods wise, im running a paxton at 11psi, putting down 325hp, but looking to go for the pi swap and cams etc to push 400 soon.. so i'd want the MAF to cope with that also.

any opinions on the MAF type??

thanks guys

EDGE

 

sgarlic

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I've heard lots of negative things about the Pro-M MAF's, so I personally would steer clear of them. I guess they are going by another name now, Proflow or something.

The lightning MAF's seem to be pretty popular, but I was reading some article recently, I can't remember where, claiming that some other MAF that was 80MM actually outflowed the 90mm lightning MAF somehow. Wish I could remember which brand it was.

 

DBMSTNG

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skip past the Lightning MAF and go straight to the SCT Big Air MAF. the 90mm Lmaf is fine upto 450rwhp in some cases but in other cases it pegs lower. you could use the Lmaf just fine, but you would be left with no room to grow until your upgrade it. i'm pegging my 90mm Lmaf with about 400-420rwhp through an auto. i just ordered a SCT BA2400 to replace my LMAF.

but if you are on a budget and don't plan to go much higher than 400rwhp, the 90mm LMAF is a bargain at about $80.http://www.buyfordracing.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=504

 

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mac1009

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DBM nailed it. I wish I had gone w/ the SCT from the beginning.

 

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Yellow2002GT

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Pro-M is the best air meter money can buy! They went out of business not because they couldn't sell their product but because the bank stopped their funding. Professional Mass Air Meters is the new company and all the big boys are using them! The 80mm maf is even more improved from the old design and it flows enough to handle like 700+ rwhp! I have the Pro-M right now and am switching to the new Professional maf. Check out Andersonfordmotorsport website and you will set!
When I had the pro-m dyno tuned over the C&L 85MM maf and still picked up over 15 more hp and 20 tq more
"ED"

 

jstreet0204

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DBMSTNG said:

skip past the Lightning MAF and go straight to the SCT Big Air MAF. the 90mm Lmaf is fine upto 450rwhp in some cases but in other cases it pegs lower. you could use the Lmaf just fine, but you would be left with no room to grow until your upgrade it. i'm pegging my 90mm Lmaf with about 400-420rwhp through an auto. i just ordered a SCT BA2400 to replace my LMAF.

but if you are on a budget and don't plan to go much higher than 400rwhp, the 90mm LMAF is a bargain at about $80.http://www.buyfordracing.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=504

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Thanks for posting that. I just picked one up since it was on sale

 

Dan_Soprano

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i went with the SCT BA2400 and love it!

 

EDGE Motorsport

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the only disadvantage i can see with going for the way bigger maf is that you'll loose resolution on the readings because for the same 5v range the MAF has to now read up to a way higher airflow.

i guess the lightning would do for now, but the 2400 looks interesting..

EDGE

 

four six

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+1 for the 2400

 

EDGE Motorsport

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is it worth jumping to the 2400 that'll support 700hp when im only looking at going to 450 ish... the lightning one will handle that wont it... ?

just looking for advice, I dont know enough about these to choose between brands..

EDGE

 

Don 95Vert

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The LMAF will peg anywhere from 400-500 RWHP depending on the inlet configuration. Our Gen 1 turbo Lightning ran one up to about 500 RWHP. We've seen other cars peg them at like 410 or so RWHP. The BA 2400's are good in a range from like 500-625 RWHP. I pegged one on my car so I now have a BA 2800. With the 2800 you lose low end resolution - even still, my car drives almost like stock.

When sizing a MAF, you want to be able to use 80% of it's range to maintain good low end resolution.

If you do get the LMAF and it pegs, you can alwys add a Diablosport MAF.ia to it - they work great. But it'd need a retune. Heck, you could use a stock MAF with the MAF.ia and never worry about pegging it.

 

EDGE Motorsport

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2400 sounds best then i guess...

thanks guys..

stangnet for teh win !!!!!11111one

EDGE

 

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I have a SCT BA2400 and I'm logging 4.8v at 380rwhp. I bought it so that I would have lots of room to go to 500whp but it looks like it doesn't have any more range than my Pro-M 80mm that it replaced. (??!!) I wonder if there's something unique about my setup that makes it peg lower.

 

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jtroush2002

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Edge Motorsports, I know this is off topic but I have a question bout your sig...
how many MP was the camera you used? SLR? lenses?
sorry to go off topic, just the pics in your sig caught my attention
very good quality

 

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Saleen4971

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when i get teh cash together, and find a godo deal on a used 2400 im going with that to replace my 80mm LMAF

 

EDGE Motorsport

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RcodeMN12 said:

I have a SCT BA2400 and I'm logging 4.8v at 380rwhp. I bought it so that I would have lots of room to go to 500whp but it looks like it doesn't have any more range than my Pro-M 80mm that it replaced. (??!!) I wonder if there's something unique about my setup that makes it peg lower.

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thats wierd... what's the rest of your set up... and way to resurect an old thread.. you must have actually used the search

 

EDGE Motorsport

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jtroush2002 said:

Edge Motorsports, I know this is off topic but I have a question bout your sig...
how many MP was the camera you used? SLR? lenses?
sorry to go off topic, just the pics in your sig caught my attention
very good quality

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Thanks for the comment dude... its only a 6MP but its 6MP from a Nikon D70 so its extreemly high quality, especially when you shrink it down so small... couldn't even begin to tell you what lense was on there, it was a very long time ago...

But thanks for noticing

EDGE

 

jivepepper

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I have had a SCt BA2400 MAF for over 2 1/2 years, and 3 tunes, never a problem.

 

the98stang

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you might as well get the MAF that supports the most HP if you plan to hit more than 400whp. You'll prolly want more HP when you get to 400 anyway lol.