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Old 18-03-2005 | 11:00 AM
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who makes these and how much ? Had a boss welded in my exh downpipe just need a meter !
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You looking for Wideband or Narrow Band? The Dynojet one looks nice if you want Wideband and also something to install permanently. It is a 52mm White Faced, Analogue Gauge, very similar to an Autometer Gauge.

As for Narrow Band, the Autometer Cobalt AFR Gauge is very nice.

There are others, depends on what you want.
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Guess i better find out what i need then . After a remap the other day it was suggested to me to get one so ic an keep an eye on whats happening at full chat , something easy to read woudl be good , whats the difference between wide band and the other one then ?
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Tony I use this one. Wide band is the only thing to get as far as I was aware. Narrow band is just flashing disco lights I thougt



I wouldn't bother in a race car though, tooo much going on to look at it I reckon!
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you definately want wideband if if to keep an eye on anything. The narrow band will just about tell you the lambda sensor is working!

A wide band is what would be used to map a car and used to keep an eye on the fueling.
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Cheers Lee , know what you mean , but the first few laps of qualifying are really important for gauge checking etc... In the race i cant see anything of course apart from the backs of other cars in front ! Wide band it is then , where form , best deal etc.....
This is the reason why by the way !....



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This, IMO, is the best one on the market, period.
https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=97837

It can be seen on my pillar in this pic as well.. very unobtrusive, but the important thing for you is that you can plug it into your pc and tell it what you want to warn you at and then you dont need to look at it unless the warning light goes off

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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
This, IMO, is the best one on the market, period.
https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=97837

It can be seen on my pillar in this pic as well.. very unobtrusive, but the important thing for you is that you can plug it into your pc and tell it what you want to warn you at and then you dont need to look at it unless the warning light goes off
...And featured in the Spring issue of Fast Ford - out April 28.
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Yes didn't think of that Tony You could hold it flat out a few times on warm ups and qualigying to make sure everything is hunky dory
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Originally Posted by Simon@FF
Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
This, IMO, is the best one on the market, period.
https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=97837

It can be seen on my pillar in this pic as well.. very unobtrusive, but the important thing for you is that you can plug it into your pc and tell it what you want to warn you at and then you dont need to look at it unless the warning light goes off
...And featured in the Spring issue of Fast Ford - out April 28.
Excellent, wondered when that was going to come out!
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Stu, SPOT on

Wish mine did that.... ok how much is the one that I am clearly going to be getting now!?!?!? warning lights are GOOOOOOOOOOOD
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Dataloggings good too Lee, this is one of the things that drew me towards it over its competition, as well as the fact that Dynojet Inc is a huge and well respected company who will have decent quality control

Here is a Datalog of my car on in 3rd gear from 2500rpm to 6500rpm taken directly from this AFR unit:



I used 2500rpm as a starting point for the pics as theres loads of pics of it at 14.7:1 under lambda control till the boost comes in that are pretty accademic on this topic..lol

It displays pretty usefull info even as just an occasional check whilst thrashing her up the local runway in my opinion...
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Sorry, £410 Lee.
Old 18-03-2005 | 11:48 AM
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Group buy then ! Whos the wiring king at the moment then ??? Need my lap timer wiring in too !

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I could arrange a group buy no bother.
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ok Stu , let me know when youve enough interested parties to get some sort of Discount , i'll take one for sure -and i guess i should probably cough up for membership while im at it too ahem !
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