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capwred
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ok to begin with i got everythng back togather and start it up.i let the car warm up and then i tryed to rev it alittle.it wouldnt go past 2k,but it ran fine if you didnt try to rev it any.so i said maybe a boost leak our a bad maf.so i checked the piping and nothing so i changed the maf out with a rb20 maf.still the same.then i was like wait it might be the wiring for the maf.and it was.they cam apart were i spliced them in.so i hooked them up and wow it rev'ed past 2k.but now it want sit there and run.before it would.it rev's crappy.

so does anyone have any info that might help me out.

thanksjason


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sorry to be jumping in your thread but that is exactly tthe same thing with my car it idles fine but when i rev it it wouldnt past 3000rpm like it has a fuel cut is your doing this also let me know ......

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capwred wrote:ok to begin with i got everythng back togather and start it up.i let the car warm up and then i tryed to rev it alittle.it wouldnt go past 2k,but it ran fine if you didnt try to rev it any.so i said maybe a boost leak our a bad maf.so i checked the piping and nothing so i changed the maf out with a rb20 maf.still the same.then i was like wait it might be the wiring for the maf.and it was.they cam apart were i spliced them in.so i hooked them up and wow it rev'ed past 2k.but now it want sit there and run.before it would.it rev's crappy.

so does anyone have any info that might help me out.

thanksjason
What are you using to compensate for the MAF? SAFC? ecu retune?

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Yea, an RB20 MAFS is going to need some sort of ECU correction to be able to work correctly. Either a SAFC, or more preferabally, an ECU retune.

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im using a safc 2.

im not that dum float.


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