just saw something funny in june issue of import tuner

[drew]

ive been having rough starts so when i saw an add for crc MAF cleaner it caught my eye since i've been meaning to pick some up, at the bottom i noticed they claimed it inrease the hp of an 02 M3 by 10hp, under that it says the dyno testing was preformed at r/t tuning in landsdale. arn't the r/t guys on here? i was just wondering if the claim was true or not; that must have been one dirty ass MAF

[JET02WRX]

yeah I noticed that too. It says it right on the bottom of every can. It would have to have been a maf encrusted in gunk. But that stuff does work for cleaning. I used it on my maf. Smoothed out my idle and take offs, and gave me about 2-mpg increase in fuel economy. My maf had 15,000 miles of crap on it.

[drew]

just spray it on and let it dry? no wiping or anything? i might go buy a can right now

[Z3R0]

Spray it and just let it dry. You should also get some CRC throttle body and intake cleaner too. That stuff works like secks. Just make sure that if your tb is vertically mounted that you have many rags under the tb inlet.

[TurboTagTeam]

Actually dirty MAF's cause huge power losses in BMW's. We changed the MAf's in the M5 last week and it made a HUGE differnce. THat cleaner stuff dosent work all the time. THe best thing to do is just to buy brand new OEM MAF's.

[redg2]

wow well if one of the guys from RT puts some info in well know for sure i guess... but u wouldnt lose anything from trying the product anyway

[RyanG]

I've been using that stuff for over a year. Its just electrical contact cleaner

I does work though. A dirty MAF is an unhappy MAF

[S.Milone]

It is true they brought a couple different cars and used there product on all of them. Every car made power after using the cleaner. I'll see if Vince can post some Dyno sheets later.

[drew]

just want to bump this up, i bought the stuff on friday and used it when i got home from work. the sensor on my MAF didn't look dirty at all and the small ammount that dripped off ( most evaporates almost instantly ) was clean. i was pretty disapointed and figured it was a waste and my MAF was already clean, i hooked everything back up and left for the shore with my girlfriend. this morning i went out to my car and turned the key, fired up instantly! i've been having rough starts so i was really pleased by that ( normally the car will turn over 2-4 times before it fires up ) on my way to work i was dicking around on baltimore ave and hit peak boost a few times but wasn't paying attention to my afr. when i parked at work i hit the button on my zeitronix display that shows what everything was peaking at, for the first time ever my afr didn't hit 10.0 at peak boost, instead it was sitting at 10.8, not sure if that's from cleaning the MAF or not but i was still happy to see i'm not running as rich at peak boost

[CHAOS]

wow do you need a tune or what lol...

i used this stuff the other day when i pulled out my k&n to clean it... figured its a good time...

[drew]

yeah badly haha, im just trying to get by until i get back from ireland. i dont run too rich until boost, then my afr jumps from~12-13 to 10

[CHAOS]

haha of course , ur plugs/o2/cats probably hate you

[jspek]

well cats are for pussies who want to pass emissions ha.

[Buster]

says the guy with the cat in his avatar.

[stover]

Originally Posted by Buster

says the guy with the cat in his avatar.

x2

[drew]

haha no cats for me, i get a couple of 02 codes off and on, ill switch my plugs out when im getting tuned, ill also be putting on a high flo cat at that time ( no more can of bees exhaust! )