Going to a remote mount turbo for sled pulling truck and I was wondering if I can do away with maf sensor and just have it tuned different in the program?
LLY: MAf delete
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yes sir! i know of quite a few guys that have done that. how exactly im not sure but i know it can be done
Exactly. On the street, it would take a tender throttle foot to drive it clean. Pull truck, it will work great. Just may have to modify your throttle input while spoooling compared to previously. Without maf, you can overfuel it and stall any turbine momentum out just as easily as other way around.
my tuner say truck will run like crap without it. Bad thing is I already took sensor/wiring out of harness already. I was under the impression that it could be done and have no issues.
It can and HAS been done. Yes it will be smokier, and will require ALOT more tuning to the max injection quantities to keep the fueling under control. Most tuners don't want to do it because of all the control you lose over fueling, and how much harder it makes dialing in your throttle base and max injection quantities tables. I think(not certain) you might be able to convert to a boost referencing system instead of a maf referencing system, but it is no where near as good of a control syrategy.
I was told you need to keep the MAF on a auto truck. Mine is a LB7, not sure if different for LLY's.
Strange. i drove with a "no MAF tune" years ago on a race tune for the track, did fine there and the drive there as well as back. definitely could be smokey without watching your throttle input. LB7 as well back then and on trents tuning at the time
I think technically you can remove it, but for a dedicated pull truck were your sitting at the line trying to spool a big turbo it's alot harder to control the fueling with out it. On a manual pull truck, no MAF needed.
Leave it off. Will work fine if Tony has it setup ok. I had to change nothing on ours.
A lot cleaner setup with the guillotine etc without that garbage.
Another benefit is that you can be teched without removing anything, depending on how deep your velocity stack is.
With MAF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga80tn3QO30 2nd truck
Without MAF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NYP753sz6Y 1st & last truck
Without MAF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NYP753sz6Y 1st & last truck