I made a custom intake 4 my lancer but i dont have my mass air flow sensor hooked up.Will that damage anything?

 

dude, hook it up or your car will start to cook...

 

jsut kidding

 

u need it hooked up for the car to run right

 

It isn't there just for looks. Hook it back up.

 

NO you can leave it off it will be just fine no problems at all. thats what all us evo owners do

 

put it back on.

 

u really should put it back on cel light might come on later

 

thanx for the info .

 

Newbie forum ahoy. I don't think I even need to explain this one.

 

Like everyone already said....Put it back on.

The reason is, most of the air fuel ratios are calculated off of the MAF readings. If its disconnected, a dumby map is used, and performance will be diminished.

 

The MAF is the only sensor that tells the computer how much air is being pulled into the engine. The computer must gather this information to know how much fuel to inject into the chamber. Without this information, it goes into "limp home mode" and will continue to run worse until it eventually stops running.
If you like the looks of it gone, go buy an AEM EMS and you can leave it off.

 

i was hopin to get an MAF off an eclipse or evo from autozone but they don't have it 'available' yet...anyone know where i can get one? rhyzin swapped his out and he told me one time but i forgot, haha.

he had a nice dyno with just a swapped maf and upgraded fuel system, he had very few actual bolton mods and made a lot of hp compared to others