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Old 02-25-2011, 07:29 PM   #32 (permalink)
zonker
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Originally Posted by Sularus View Post
MAF's don't read airspeed. They calculate mass airflow by how much current it takes to keep the sense wire at a constant temp. If you speed up the airflow it will make the computer think there is more air than maybe actually is going through.
potato - potatoe

i wasn't implying there was a some sort of impeller measuring wind speed in the maf sensor, just that it's reading depended upon the speed the air was traveling thru it, hence the same conclusion as you more eloquently pointed out.
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