Question about A/F Gauges

[mcmmotorsports]

If they are so inaccurate and everyone says they are a waste of money, then how come companies still make them?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Same reason they make turbonators...

There are good ones, they just cost $350+

 

[mcmmotorsports]

I know Wideband is the way to go, but just curious about these narrow band setups that are still available.

 

[white99gt]

If they are so inaccurate and everyone says they are a waste of money, then how come companies still make them?

They make them because peaple buy them thinking they are getting something.

The real ones like said before are 350+.

I run a innovate motorsports xd1/lc1 combo.Its within a few ticks of the wideband on the dyno..

Guages like the autometer one is nothing but a light show.BUT the cool thing is with the setup like innovate has .If you already have a autometer gauge ,they have the stuff to turn it into a REAL A/f gauge.

 

[mcmmotorsports]

BUT the cool thing is with the setup like innovate has .If you already have a autometer gauge ,they have the stuff to turn it into a REAL A/f gauge.

So if I buy an Autometer Ultralite A/F gauge, later on I can add the Innovate stuff to it and have it function as a Wideband?

 

[white99gt]

So if I buy an Autometer Ultralite A/F gauge, later on I can add the Innovate stuff to it and have it function as a Wideband?

YEs,

But i like the xd-1 gauge that innovate uses ..All digital read out ,you can change its colors etc..

 

[Give Me TP]

The autometer gauge used with a LC 1 still won't give you what you need....numbers

 

[00s281sc368]

Use a R-C to make a low pass filter (with around 1/2 sec bandwidth) and it will work fine and stop going up and down all the time. All you need is an average reading of rich/lean... these 2 $0.20 parts from radio shack will get you the same results as a $300 wide band gauge

 

[Give Me TP]

No they don't, you need real numbers for actual tuning info. Rich-Stoich-Lean doesn't tell you anything useful. For instance, explain what "Rich" is telling you, and what exactly is Autometer's standard for "Rich". You also need to record A/F data for tuning, and an Autometer gauge does not do so.

 

[EDGE Motorsport]

ive got the lm-1 and an autometer af guage... how do i make them talk... otherwise im gonna have to by th inovate guage..

EDGE

 

[Give Me TP]

Ask in the forums section on their web site. The autometer gauge will no doubt be an analog hookup to the LM-1 datalogger.

 

[jstreet0204]

Use a R-C to make a low pass filter (with around 1/2 sec bandwidth) and it will work fine and stop going up and down all the time. All you need is an average reading of rich/lean... these 2 $0.20 parts from radio shack will get you the same results as a $300 wide band gauge

No it will not give the same results as a wideband . Filtering the signal does nothing to widen the range of the sensor.