Query about airbox

I have a 96 J2 1.6 Gls Elantra, quite impressed by it considering I only
bought Volkswagens before.
My question concerns the airbox it has a sensor connected to the side of the
top of the airbox above the filter element,
what is it for? and what would happen if I disconnect it, because I would
like to put a ram pipe system in place, I noticed that I have a tube for air
running to the bottom by the airdam and another collector by the bonnet,why
is it designed like this?

Any advice on what ram pipe system I could use will be greatly appreciated
because at the moment it looks quite confusing to me with that sensor and
tube, don't want to remove something that will bugger the system.

Thanks in advance

From
Conroy
South Africa

 

This is almost certainly the Mass AirFlow (MAF) sensor. It measures the
amount of air the intake system is currently taking in, and sends this
information to the engine control computer, which uses this information
and other parameters to figure out how much fuel to send to each
cylinder at any given time.

Your gas mileage would be horrible.

You probably want to move the sensor, not get rid of it, if you're
modifying the intake. Guides I've seen for installing Cold Air Intake
(CAI) modifications on the Tiburon provide instructions on moving the
sensor and making sure it's connected properly.

Good question. Got pics? Post a URL.

Hm. I'd say "don't bother", because no matter what you do to the
intake, you've got only 1.6L to play with. ("There's no replacement for
displacement.") There's advice for Elantras on
http://www.elantragtclub.com/index/id14.html , and they say that many
intakes designed for a mid-late 1990s Honda Accord should work well with
an Elantra. HTH,

 

Don't forget that you would also throw a CEL which means that you
would not pass your state's inspection.

 

CB is posting from .za, where the vehicle laws are a bit different than
they are in parts of the .us . But yeah, removing the sensor would
result in lots of unburned hydrocarbons in your exhaust.

CB: search for a CAI installation guide on the websites devoted to
tuning Elantras. I wouldn't expect too much though; the folks who put
an AEM CAI on a 4-cylinder 2.0L Tiburon reported ~7 HP gain at/near 4000
RPM, and you will get less than that since your engine's smaller.

 

(snip)

This should do it.

http://www.elantraxd.com/yabbse/index.php?board=6

Regards,

Neil