Lighting Mass Air on 96 cobra?

fast02gt

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I have been thinking of changing out my MAF to the 90mm L mass air. Can you do this without going to 42lb injectors? I have a SCT tuner and it has a option where you can select of you have the L mass air. Is it worth any gains?
 

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no and no. the lightning 90mm is calibrated for 42# injectors and there are no gains for you there.
They haven't calibrated MAFs to injectors for years. The calibration is done in the tune in the PCM, no insult intended.

That said, you are right about there being no gain. In fact, the stock air pipe won't work and it's just a big hassle.
 

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Gotcha...what about a aftermarket MAF like C&L BBK etc? im basically full bolt on, just got some headers so I have full exhaust, tune, steeda pulleys, JLT RAI, stock MAF and throttle body are only things left.
 

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I've seen dyno sheets on c headed Cobras where there worth 4-5 hp on a rear wheel dyno. I put one on my Mach 1 and had to relocate the Iat. It was under a 100 bills for everything so it was worth it for me.
 

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I've seen dyno sheets on c headed Cobras where there worth 4-5 hp on a rear wheel dyno. I put one on my Mach 1 and had to relocate the Iat. It was under a 100 bills for everything so it was worth it for me.

A 90mm MAF will not add 5rwhp to a stock block, n/a combo. Any gains realized by installing one are purely tune related.
 
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