OK, I have removed my cowl/intake cover on the motor (thanks to all the helpful hints in the forums) and I see a black plastic screen on what I think is the MAF. Is this screen removable? I hope to increase air volume a little by taking this screen out of the airflow. I have not seen any other post dealing with this. I got too distracted after 4 pages of posts in this forum (without seeing anything remotely like my Q).
Of course I will be mindful of the potential for "dropping stuff in" but I am pretty sure I can be careful enough to keep it clean enough.
Thanks, for hints or solutions for removing this plastic screen. If it involves cutting it out of the frame (being the frame has to be left for matching to the cowl/cover) then so be it. It looks like it may pop out, but without knowing any more than I do, I will not go deeper for fear of breaking something expensive.
Thanks!