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Old 05-22-2009, 02:14 PM
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You are so dumb before you jump to conclusions why dont you try looking it up you ****in fagget
 
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Thanks for that. Nice to see that you cannot back up anything that you have said without resorting to personal attacks. Since you cannot even explain why modifying the MAF signal with a resistor "works", I will tell you exactly why doing such a thing is useless and that it will, in fact, result in a code being set on the s-series vehicles so equiped. I do not need to look anything up because I actually understand the operational characteristics of the MAF sensor used on these trucks.

The MAF sensor used in the 96+ s-series vehicles is a cold-wire sensor. It feeds information via a square wave output (frequency in Hz), not voltage, to the PCM to relay airflow information. During low air flow rates (idle) the MAF sensor produces a lower frequency signal. During high air flow rates (WOT) the MAF sensor will respond with a higher frequency signal. The PCM then converts these frequencies into their corresponding g/s values for further calculations.

So without modifying the actual frequency output (distance between peaks), you are not accomplishing anything. A resistor modifies a voltage, not a frequency.

But you may have the cold-wire MAF sensors used on many GM vehicles confused with hot-wire MAF sensors used on some other vehicles. You may also have the MAF sensor confused with the IAT sensor cause they are kind of close together on that large black rubber thingy that goes from the filter to the engine. And even a resistor in a box on the IAT sensor will only provide temporary gains. Over the long haul, the PCM will figure it out and compensate back to norm in both cases.

I eagerly await your "theory" on the matter that contradicts the facts above.
 
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