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eclipse982nrRSTMay-20-05 02:59 PM
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#89687, "Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"


          

well i know the blinky air/fuel autometer gauges are not too accurate, so i was wondering, i dont have the money for a wideband for about another 2 months, sooooo, i was wondering if there is anything better out there, maybe for like 100 bucks or so that is better than the blinky gauge to read air/fuel so i dont run too lean...?

-MIKE-

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RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, EvMan2345, May-20-05 03:07 PM, #1
RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, eclipse982nrRST, May-20-05 03:17 PM, #2
      RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, satal95, May-20-05 05:56 PM, #3
           RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, HadesOmega, May-20-05 07:37 PM, #4
           RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, CarbonFiberRST, May-20-05 08:35 PM, #5
                RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, Hamgumball, May-21-05 12:41 AM, #6
           RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, ModeratorEvuLFleA, May-23-05 07:24 AM, #7
RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, TeamMichael_97RS, May-21-05 06:37 AM, #8
RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, jsupetran, May-21-05 11:02 AM, #9
      RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, eclipse982nrRST, May-21-05 12:02 PM, #10
           RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, MCubed45, May-22-05 11:11 AM, #11
                RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, mcgyvr, May-23-05 04:07 AM, #12
                     RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, Keith2172, May-23-05 04:38 AM, #13
                          RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, a_miller_76, May-23-05 05:50 AM, #14
                          RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?, mcgyvr, May-23-05 05:50 AM, #15

EvMan2345May-20-05 03:07 PM
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#89688, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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i believe corbin has a write up for creating your own digital a/f meter. Search for corbins a/f writeup.

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eclipse982nrRSTMay-20-05 03:17 PM
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#89690, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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searched and found, BUT i dont know circuit boards and shit, and it looks like it might cost a little much to build but i dont know.
how accurate is the volt readings on the s-afc of the o2 sensor? if that is good, i could just go off that really.

-MIKE-

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satal95May-20-05 05:56 PM
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#89692, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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Here you go man if u want a digital A/F gauge http://www.gadgetseller.com/gauges/index.htm

  

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HadesOmegaMay-20-05 07:37 PM
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#89695, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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I got the gadget seller blinkety autometer gauge and its good stuff and accurate. If you don't like the blinkety one just get the volt meter looking one.


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CarbonFiberRSTMay-20-05 08:35 PM
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#89701, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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May-20-05 08:36 PM by CarbonFiberRST

          

the apexi turbo timer shows theoretical afr and the o2 sensor voltage, along with battery voltage. And its a turbo timer! emoji

I got mine for 100 shipped


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#89705, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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http://www.speedshop.org/store/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=129

They're selling them on ebay too (search dynotune).


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#89772, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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Originally posted by satal95
Here you go man if u want a digital A/F gauge http://www.gadgetseller.com/gauges/index.htm


Got one just like that for sale.

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TeamMichael_97RSMay-21-05 06:37 AM
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#89708, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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Originally posted by eclipse982nrRST
well i know the blinky air/fuel autometer gauges are not too accurate, so i was wondering, i dont have the money for a wideband for about another 2 months, sooooo, i was wondering if there is anything better out there, maybe for like 100 bucks or so that is better than the blinky gauge to read air/fuel so i dont run too lean...?


If you are going to buy a wideband in 2 months I would save the money and be $100 closer to the wideband cost.

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#89714, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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Originally posted by Michael_97RS
Originally posted by eclipse982nrRST well i know the blinky air/fuel autometer gauges are not too accurate, so i was wondering, i dont have the money for a wideband for about another 2 months, sooooo, i was wondering if there is anything better out there, maybe for like 100 bucks or so that is better than the blinky gauge to read air/fuel so i dont run too lean...?
If you are going to buy a wideband in 2 months I would save the money and be $100 closer to the wideband cost. Exile Racing Technologies http://www.exileracing.com Go that way, really fast, if something gets in your way... turn.


Listen to this guy. You are just wasting your money if you buy one cheap one that's still inaccurate, and real a/f wideband gauge. If you need a turbo timer though, the apexi is great with the extra features. Just don't tune with your a/f with that.

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eclipse982nrRSTMay-21-05 12:02 PM
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#89716, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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i have the blitz turbo timer. how accurate is the volt readings on the s-afc's? cuz i have my afc hooked up, but i dont know how accurate that is either, anyone know?

-MIKE-

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MCubed45May-22-05 11:11 AM
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#89746, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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May-22-05 11:14 AM by MCubed45

          

http://www.dakotadigital.com/Detail.cfm/-/Category=135/PartNumber=ODYR-13-2-C/product.htm

0-.999 V
5mV resolution

one've the only digital a/f gauges i've seen that fit in standard gauge pods.

i imagine you can just but that now and when you get a WB 02 just have the gauge read from there instead of the stock 02

-marc

  

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mcgyvrMay-23-05 04:07 AM
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#89765, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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anything that uses the stock o2 sensor is NOT accurate enough to tune by....get a wideband to tune, thats it

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#89766, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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^ ^ ^

The blinky air/fuel gauges aren't inaccurate because they're blinky, it's because of their resolution and because of the voltage map. A wideband sensor will have a very steady graph, the voltage increases directly to the air/fuel ratio, just a straight line diagnolly across the graph. The standard narrowband sensor is more of a (man it's been years since geometry) logarithmic graph, where it'll have a sharp slope up to a point, I believe about .8v and then curve around to a very small slope (it's really a curve with a constantly diminshing radius). I hope this helps, I don't remember where the graph of this was, but it's around here somewhere. Basically, if you are going to buy good stuff soon, just save your money for the good stuff, no use buying it twice (would you buy a typewriter today if you were going to buy a computer next week?).

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#89769, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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#89770, "RE: Alternative for blinky a/f gauge?"
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yes stock o2 sensors are ONLY accurate at stoich, thats it.
if your lean or rich your stock o2 sensor cannot measure it accurately enough to tune with

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