I sat a read through this whole post and the only thing i have come up with is not many of you are any smarter about tuning then you were 4 years ago

Ill tell you why the lightning isnt a good choise or bad choise for that matter its to BIG, bigger isnt allways better it also is hard to mount with its pissy 4 bolt mounting and will leak if you try to do it blowthrough with any good boost

I MAF that is to big (housing size) can and will give poor signal

I have used the MAFia on well over 50 Zetec engines and a few Mustangs on the Focus from 250HP to over 700HP with NO issues at all, The only people that dont seem to like it is mostly SCT tuners and thats because they dont understand it and its simplicity

Less accurate Questionable? On a Focus or Contour the signal is MUCH cleaner with a proper sized MAF housing (3 inch is what i like) on a Mustang where you have more qubic inches there fine

Tom