wide band to check afr

[BMGTZ]

I dont know much about these........and want to buy one.

can some one give me a few tips on what is good and what to watch out for?

what is the one to buy?

I was looking at some of the moates stuff because i am thinking of getting an ostrich......for the one gsr i will keep.

 

[milkandoj]

Ive bought an innovate lc-1 kit. Havent installed it yet (due to needing to get my dump to cat pipe redone and its dented to ****) but you can logg onto a laptop.
If you want to spend the extra get a gauge to watch it constantly. A dial gauge, the cheaper digital ones (i just got this) or the awesome looking xd-16 that has leds light up and stop start logg button and can change colour and switch points of the led's that light up.
Uses a bosch sensor, pretty basic kit but i think it will work well.

Other one people seem to use are the aem ones, slightly cheaper, but im pretty sure you cant logg onto a laptop just watch the gauge. thats why i went innovate. That and the fact that craig has one he's happy with. Seemed like a good thing.



Their hompage.
http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/

Have a look on egay, the delivery varies alot. here they guys who were best when i got mine 2 months ago.

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/abad71camaro_Other_W0QQ_fsubZ1QQ_sidZ37555984?_nkw=innovate


Aem stuff.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p4634.m38.l1313&_nkw=aem+wideband&_sacat=See-All-Categories

 

[milkandoj]

Prob worth mentioning the innovate gear is made in america and the quality looks great.
Ive seen it in use and it samples a fair few times a second.
and you can just have the lc1 on its own or build a pretty cool system around it.
Also its just a tiny unit you put in your engine bay, into that plugs the bosch sensor you bung into your exhaust, then give it a power source and your set pretty simple.
then plug in the data cable and or the gauge.
Can also set up so its not installed all the time, can use them to run in end of you exhaust like on a dyno, they sell a kit for this or you could probably make you own.

 

[brisvr4]

I'm running the AEM myself and it logs just fine through both mmcd when I had it and now through Dsmlink You also don't need to calibrate the sensor on the AEM unit.
On the last major testing that was done on widebands Innovate came out on top and AEM was second. Either one will do you just fine.

 

[to4garret]

just dont put the wideband o2 sensor in the factory location, as it can burn the sensor out from too much heat. best spot is in the exhaust around where the transfer case finishes.

 

[milkandoj]

I stand corrected on the aem data logging. Can you do it through a lap top of do you do it on your palm? or both. That pretty good then, and the aem one you get the led gauge in the basic kit.

Wouldnt being able to calibrate the innovate in free air, you take it out of the exhaust for it, be a good thing as they deteriorate over time and it will allow for it. Its puts out a 0-5v signal but also you can put out another signal you can adjust the range and scale to mimic you stock o2 sensor and run that to the ecu. To replace your old stock one.

Or does the aem stuff self calibrate while in the exhaust.

Both seem great, personal choice.

 

[brisvr4]

The AEM self calibrates. I had it logging through my Palm but now use it through Dsmlink on my laptop.