Who is using the 987 MAF Holder / Tube?

[Robert986]

Originally Posted by blue62

The mesh smooths out airflow pulses across the MAF sensor. Makes the MAF sensor more accurate
Which makes fuel management by the DME smoother and more accurate.

Are you sure? As for now I´m not convinced, but open for any thoughts :-)

I have been thinking and reading.. and this is my guess right now:

1) The plastic black matrix serves as air-straightener, like a honeycomb-mesh.
2) The fine metal screen after the black matrix is a extra protection for debris that might have got past the air filter, protecting the MAF and engine.

Thus removing the metal screen would give less air flow resistance but less protection of MAF/Engine. I cannot see how the metal screen would smooth out air pulses, but what do I know?

I have seen others that replace the plastic and metal screen with a honeycomb with far less area, thus giving more flow. This should be a good thing in my book.

EDIT: @Maytag, please let me know if I´m destroying your original thread, that's not my intention.