Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance Maf Sensor Location

I was wondering why is the Maf Sensor located close to the throttle body on 2003 celicas. Is there a performance gain or what?

The throttle body and mass ar flow (MAF) sensor go hand-in-hand:

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_flow_sensor

This is why they are next to each other.

VERY BASICALLY put:
AIR FLOW => AIR FILTER => INTAKE PIPE/TUBE (or STOCK AIR BOX) => MAF => THROTTLE BODY => FUEL INJECTORS, SPARK PLUGS and other ENGINE "STUFF"

Yes I know that what I was meaning is why is it moved closer to the throttle body on injen and aem intakes.Instead of the original location in front of the air box

There really are not too many other good mounting locations on an aluminum intake system.

The same rational could be said about mounting to the stock plastic air-box (which is solid) VS mounting on the flexible rubber fitting:


On the Blitz SUS Short Ram Intake, it's also mounted to a secure location:


AEM CAI MAF sensor mount location is here:


Injen CAI MAF sensor mount location is here:


I see the mount location is more of an attachment-type of detail, than anything else. And obviously, someone specialized in aerodynamics (as related to air flow temperatures) would know more about this

yea your right I just thought there was some performance gains to be had by putting the maf closer to the the throttle body vs at the end of the filter.thanks for the response.