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> what the hell is that?, this is gonna sound dumb no matter what.
post Oct 10, 2004 - 6:46 PM
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so yeah ive been looking at some celica pictures and ive noticed people putting some kinda box **** on their intake. and i though it was a "boost leak finder thingy" but ive seen it on n/a cars.

heres a pictures of one.

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what the hell is that?


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post Oct 10, 2004 - 6:52 PM
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that's an AFM(air flow meter). the stock celica engines(7AFE and 5SFE) are MAP, and therefore do not have that box. that is a silvertop 4AGE, so it has a different intake sensing mechanism, as do most 3SGTEs. smile.gif.

it aids nothing, it's just a different sensor.


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Posts in this topic
- recneps   what the hell is that?   Oct 10, 2004 - 6:46 PM
- - Mynzeyes   that's an AFM(air flow meter). the stock celic...   Oct 10, 2004 - 6:52 PM
- - Andason   QUOTE (recneps @ Oct 10, 2004 - 5:46 PM) so yeah i...   Oct 10, 2004 - 6:55 PM
- - Mike   I always thought it was something that prevents mo...   Oct 10, 2004 - 7:21 PM
- - Kwanza26   IMO... it's the worst thing Toyota did to the ...   Oct 10, 2004 - 7:58 PM
- - boosted_K2   AFM sensors suck, its the biggest restriction on t...   Oct 10, 2004 - 8:06 PM
- - recneps   is it possible to map a car with a afm. for exam...   Oct 10, 2004 - 8:07 PM
- - boosted_K2   you have to change the structure of the ECU, or ha...   Oct 10, 2004 - 8:12 PM
- - shid   Boosted.. or someone; could you tell us how each s...   Oct 10, 2004 - 8:23 PM
- - Kwanza26   MAPs read vaccum and and send out voltage signals ...   Oct 10, 2004 - 8:39 PM
- - YellowTwo   QUOTE (Kwanza26 @ Oct 10, 2004 - 6:39 PM) but it r...   Oct 10, 2004 - 10:41 PM
- - boosted_K2   yes, but the overall dimensions where that flapper...   Oct 10, 2004 - 10:46 PM
- - boosted_K2   QUOTE (Kwanza26 @ Oct 10, 2004 - 8:39 PM) MAPs rea...   Oct 10, 2004 - 10:52 PM
- - jgreening   My biggest "regret" of the swap is that ...   Oct 11, 2004 - 9:49 AM
- - blackbullet   the sorry thing about those sensor thingy is that ...   Oct 11, 2004 - 11:26 AM
- - Magic   I think you are talking about the Air Flow Meter.J...   Oct 11, 2004 - 12:17 PM
- - lagos   QUOTE (jgreening @ Oct 11, 2004 - 7:49 AM) My bigg...   Oct 12, 2004 - 11:34 AM


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