Getting my car painted!

[Tom]

Shop sent me some progress pics while I was away. I'll go visit this week and get more details. I'm amused to see the areas they fully sanded and primed were all the previous areas of repair...

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[blueline]

It's going to be nice. Getting excited??

[blade7]

Surprised to see the standard air box/filter, supposedly one of the big benefits of MAF kits is the less restrictive intake. Or is it a California thing?

[Tom]

Surprised to see the standard air box/filter, supposedly one of the big benefits of MAF kits is the less restrictive intake. Or is it a California thing?

I have a Vitesse MAF, but have been running it with the airbox and did recently get it smogged. MAFs offer less restriction I'm sure, but the difference is negligible on a typical street car -- at least until you really start making some power. The other/main benefit is its ability to measure more air than the AFM. The AFM reaches it's max measurement of 4.6 volts on a typical 15-16psi street car. Once it reaches the max, you can double the airflow and the DME would never know -- i.e., you get the same fuel at 25psi as you do at 15psi -- with predictable results. Can't remember the specs, but the Vitesse MAF can accurately measure more than twice the AFM.

[Crazy Eddie]