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DISCUSSION => Swaps, Turbos, Buildups => Topic started by: wladas47 on December 13, 2015, 11:41:38 AM

Title: m42 maf conversion 3"
Post by: wladas47 on December 13, 2015, 11:41:38 AM

It can be converted maf 5 pin to 3" ???

Title: Re: m42 maf conversion 3"
Post by: MoMansi on December 13, 2015, 11:50:04 PM

sorry? what?

Title: Re: m42 maf conversion 3"
Post by: wladas47 on December 14, 2015, 01:03:59 PM

sorry for bad English


the feasibility of conversion to 3" maf

Title: Re: m42 maf conversion 3"
Post by: bmwman91 on December 22, 2015, 04:36:36 PM

It will not work. There are many reasons. The 2 big reasons are that the MAF output will not send the correct voltage to the DME, and that the MAF is too sensitive and will not send a steady voltage to the DME.

There are no simple solutions. I know because I built a fully working MAF conversion and it required me to design an entire embedded signal processing unit (circuit design, DSP controller programming, PCB design). There is no benefit to using a MAF. Even on my 2.1L M42, it makes zero additional power compared to the stock AFM.