justa s it says...is it good to descreen it or bad? will it hurt ur car?

 

not necessary. popular opinion is it causes turbulence w/in the maf sensor

 

****! too late i already ripped it out....should i be worried???

 

i sure wouldn't lose any sleep over it

 

I highly recommend that this NOT be done on F-body vehicles. Most people mistake this screens purpose as preventing debris from hitting the hot wires in the MAF (That is what the air filter is for). Actually the screen is a bank of straightening vanes used to straighten the airflow before passing by the hot wires. Eddies and vortices (turbulence) in the MAF will cause inaccurate readings. Straightening vanes are used in most mass flow measurement situations where 10 diameters of straight upstream conduit is not available. F-bodys intake does not meet this requirement. Straightening vanes are sometimes installed on the downstream side when 5 diameters of straight downstream conduit is not available. An accurate MAF sensor is critical for the engine's fuel/air ratio adjustments.

 

It probably wasn't the best idea,there are no real gains to be offered by doing it.

 

Lol, wouldn't you wait to do this after a poll?

 

I think it was one of those "Oh **** what I have done" polls

 

I guess I should have left mine in 10 years ago.

 

Yes you should have, and I want you to go out to the car right now and put it back in. On another note, aren't there other mafs out there that do not have anything to help straighten out the air-flow?

 

Ok ok you talked me into it, I'll put it back if I can find it.

 

I did more than just descreening the MAF I ported it, smoothed it all out then polished it to a shine. Although I haven't tried it out cars not done. Hope it doesnt affect anything.

 

I affects it way more than descreening it does. Basically, the calibration it had as stock is now gone. MAF values are now less predictable and harder to tune.

 

i busted mine up...can't reinstall it....should it effect the air/fuel ratio that much?? i mean shouldnt the car make up for the extra air flow by just adding more fuel? im not worried about debris...remember that weird looking thing called the air filter lol.... i drove it around yesterday and it felt fine...kinda actually felt like a tiny bit more power...but it could just be in my head.

 

def one of those polls lol