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Firstly, FC's don't have MAF sensors, aka a hot-wire AFM. They have an older vane-type AFM.
NA and Turbo AFM's are calibrated differently to suit the engines' power. Using an NA AFM in a Turbo will cause the engine to run much richer all the time, and using a Turbo AFM in an NA will cause the engine to run much leaner all the time.
You can swap them for diagnostic purposes (i.e. to prove if the AFM is the cause of a problem or not) and the engine will run, but I would not drive the car with the wrong AFM installed.
NA and Turbo AFM's are calibrated differently to suit the engines' power. Using an NA AFM in a Turbo will cause the engine to run much richer all the time, and using a Turbo AFM in an NA will cause the engine to run much leaner all the time.
You can swap them for diagnostic purposes (i.e. to prove if the AFM is the cause of a problem or not) and the engine will run, but I would not drive the car with the wrong AFM installed.
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I am a standalone EMS snob who does not know much about ghetto mods, but wouldn't a S-AFC compensate for the different vane calibrations?
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The AFM and MAF sensor are both components of a Mass Airflow system.
Common types of EMS:
1) Mass Airflow (MAF):
- AFM (Flapper type, cone type)
- MAF sensor (hot wire, hot film, cold wire)
- Vortex flow sensor (Karman)
2) Speed-Density
3) Alpha-N
The vane range shouldn't make much difference when a piggy-back fuel computer is used, although a wider range would allow for better tuning.
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mass = volume * density
For air, density changes with temperature and pressure:
mass = volume * (air pressure) / ((gas constant) * (air temperature))
So, to arrive at mass, you need to know the volume, pressure, and temperature of the air. As you said, the AFM covers two of these, with the flapper and the IAT, but the third component, pressure, requires the ATP (see training manual pages 4-40 and 4-41). Just as the IAT in the AFM correct about 20*C, the ATP corrects about 760mmHg.
Maybe you thought I meant a MAP sensor when I said pressure sensor, but I meant atmospheric pressure sensor - sorry for the ambiguity.
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Originally Posted by Evil Aviator
... both of which are Mass Airf Flow (MAF) systems as per engineering terms.
Originally Posted by stevej88na
Not to get bogged in technical terms, but I believe the vane-type is an AFM because it measures air flow, not air mass, while a hot-wire is a MAF, because it measures air mass, not air flow.
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