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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by glennhl
The trumpet is there to smooth the airflow over the MAF sensor. Remove the trumpet and I'm betting your car will run rough and start throwing codes.
Originally Posted by Mag1c Carp3t
Yep someone on FB just did it recently. He cut the bottom of the trumpet and the obstruction.
it channels it for sure but will create turbulence around it
but removing the trumpet bit the air still has to flow through the tube but just removes another obstruction so I can't see it running rough could be wrong
it's the same Principle as putting row boxes to remove the restriction and aid in easy free flow
anyone have a link to the Fb post be interested to see how they got on
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 08:04 AM
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You guys aren't going to make MOAR POWERZ doing this. More likely than not you're going to screw up the part and have to buy a new one.
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Old Dec 9, 2016 | 09:03 AM
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You guys aren't going to make MOAR POWERZ doing this. More likely than not you're going to screw up the part and have to buy a new one.
Agreed
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Old Jul 22, 2019 | 04:42 PM
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search ftw, this thread just saved me a lot of money.
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Old Jul 22, 2019 | 11:21 PM
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search ftw, this thread just saved me a lot of money.
Serious ? I believe the correct forum way is to come on make a new thread and ask for someone else to do the searching for you... what gives?
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