I can sell you the driver side for like half price (plus some shipping...)

 

Sweeeet. That's all I need. Quantos Pesos? Same PayPal address?

 

ok good point - will order n ow

 

It should just be a chat room at this point LoL.

 

A- Why would you need to keep the MAF?

B- You can leave the MAF installed and even plugged in. Just install the OMNI 4bar MAP and do a speed density tune, and remove the screen from the MAF before it gets sucked into the turbo.

 

what's the point of going SD if you have to leave the MAF in place?

 

Rules, smog visual, etc.

 

let me rephrase that then, what is the advantage?

 

The car runs and drives better.

 

Don't the Omnis have a reputation for dying prematurely? I think an AEM or Kavlico might be a more reliable choice.

 

You just carry a spare and the tools to change it real quick.

The AEM's seem to not scale well with the stock ECU and create drivability quirks, so I would only use those if you're maxing out the OMNI. And at that power level (44psi+ lol) some drivability quirks probably aren't a huge concern.

I don't have experience with the Kavlico.

 

You can say that, but my car drives perfectly with a MAF. I don't know how it could be any better. Maybe I should give it a try one of these days.

Honestly I'm under the impression that most tuners are just uninterested / too lazy to make it work well, so they just ditch it. Maybe that's unfair though, it could be that most people just aren't willing to pay for the time it would take to make it work well.

 

this

 

I'm just having one of those days.....been trying to get the MMC flash software to work with my openport all day, and I'm ready to throw my computer through a wall.

I totally get why most people / tuners don't want to bother with it. It's a flow restriction and there is no doubt the car will perform better without it. There is only a small niche of people who really need to keep it (which I am a part of). It's just a little frustrating that there seems to be this misconception that the MAF is inherently problematic and there is so little info out there on making it work well.

 

I'm wondering. My car hasn't started right nor ran well at low RPM, since putting in larger injectors and tuning.
I've worked with two different tuners, so just chalked it up to a mechanical issue.