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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 01:49 PM
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4.9 maf conversion
So another thread sparked my interest and now I'm curious. Obviously I would need a maf and intake, and ecu. Those are easy enough to come by. What else would I need to make it happen, I'd love to get this going and maybe unlock my old xcal and mess with a few things and make my truck more fun.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 02:55 PM
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The engine harness is different as well. If you could find a MAF 4.9 truck for the EEC, I would grab the harness as well and swap it over. I will check the local yards here as I have seen a few MAF 4.9 trucks in them lately.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 03:18 PM
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I thought I might need the whole harness. Is it a complicated harness? I hated the ones on my 4.6s.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 09:06 AM
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Didn't think to ask, but is there any benefit to this without any mods?
 
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 12:01 PM
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Jarryd, I saw a 4.9 with maf at a local pick and pull, if you want, I can head back over sometime next week and see if it's still available.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 01:25 PM
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Didn't think to ask, but is there any benefit to this without any mods?
On a stock motor.. no.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 01:56 PM
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Jarryd, I saw a 4.9 with maf at a local pick and pull, if you want, I can head back over sometime next week and see if it's still available.
What do you think it would all cost? I want to doa few things later on but I don't know if it will all be worth while. I really want to squeeze more torque out of this thing.
 
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What do you think it would all cost? I want to doa few things later on but I don't know if it will all be worth while. I really want to squeeze more torque out of this thing.
Well, maybe 50 for the computer, 50 for the wiring. And what ever you want to donated for me not to destroy electrical plugs in -30 weather lmao
 
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 02:28 PM
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I wouldn't expect you to rush out and do it in this weather. I won't be working on anything till summer anyway.
 
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Well, maybe 50 for the computer, 50 for the wiring. And what ever you want to donated for me not to destroy electrical plugs in -30 weather lmao
How much is frostbite-per-finger going for nowadays? (U.S. currency)
 
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I really want to squeeze more torque out of this thing.
Skip MAF and put longtubes on it.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Conanski
Skip MAF and put longtubes on it.
How much are those even worth as far as power goes. I was wanting to swap out my cam and port my intakes too.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2014 | 03:16 PM
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I'm with Conanski, the long tubes is truly a better area to start with.
Maf is when you have truly have reached the limit with the SD system.
 
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How much power would I expect to gain with the headers and how much work is involved with the egr and air junk?
 
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interested in this as well
 
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