Not really right. Conservation of mass flow means the same mass going throught the MAF will go into the engine, unless you have a leak somewhere.Gary57 wrote:Exactly, well almost, changing the intercooler will change the mass of air entering the motor and the MAF wont "know" about this.
All in all a lot of good info and understanding in this thread. I think the main thing that was possibly being missed out and that Gary mentioned is that of temperature.
The chemical reaction of combustion in the engine is all about mass, a certain mass of fuel requires a certian mass of air to burn completely.
Now comparing an engine set to run 0.5 bar with two different turbo setups. The more efficient turbo will heat the air up less than the inefficient turbo. Lower temperature means a greater density and for the same volume being inducted a greater mass. Therefore although both turbo's are making 0.5 bar pressure the more efficient one will have lower charge temperatures, greater mass flow, and make more power than the less efficient turbo, everything else being identical.
I personally like the ide of a MAF directly measuring the mass flow into the engine hence why I will be running the Link G4 ecu with a MAF. It can also run MAP so if MAF doesn't work out I can always switch to MAP or play around with both.
