2012 3.0L air intake duct too RESTRICTED? / MAF qs also

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05-29-2014, 04:20 AM

inandout

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2012 3.0L air intake duct too RESTRICTED? / MAF qs also

the intake duct opening is covered by plastic panels above and below. please see the diagram i made.

i don't see how a decent amount of air can enter the intake with this setup. please explain if i am misunderstanding something.

what i did was remove the bottom panel to open up the intake considerably.
i noticed a slight increase in both acceleration and engine noise
(or could just be my imagination?)

i would like to hear all your inputs...
possibly a performance improvement?
or safety issue?

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also, speaking of airflow, i just sprayed some CRC MAF sensor cleaner to my maf when i checked up on my filter. instructions say to spray wires and hot plate. all i could find was a tiny red wire with a resistor looking thing in the middle, so i sprayed that. is it that simple to clean?

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANY RESPONSE!

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05-29-2014, 05:39 AM

Crift

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tbh I cut the piece of plastic crap off of the intake. no idea if it was a good idea or not!

I too thought just as you are now about that plastic mc****ty thing!

05-29-2014, 11:16 AM

inandout

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jkeaton

If you open the intake up, yes you will hear noise. Same concept as a CAI. Not sure if you should clean the MAF. I know on my Eclipse, it is a NO-NO to use any sort of cleaner on it. Some you can, but the Eclipse (and maybe other Mitsu's, you can't), it will ruin it. And yes, the "resistor looking thing" is the MAF sensor. Similar to a hot wire anemometer. It is heated and the resistance changes as air flows across it.

thanks.

yea the spray says not to use if u have a "karman-vortex" MAF sensor, which from what ive read is not really a true MAF sensor. anyway, the outie doesn't have this, so it should be safe...

i hope