o2 voltage clamp

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hey can some one tell me the voltage clamp does im not sure i get it.i have a map clamp is that the same thing.also her are some pics of my engine bay tell me what you think.and does anyone know were i can get some good wires these nology i think are causing my misfire codes?(dunno)​
 

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a o2 voltage clamp hooks up to your o2 sensors, and it forces the car into open loop so the car does not lean out during stoichometric producedures. if you try to tune closed loop, it will be impossible because the pcm levels are too high, so forcing the car into open loop will allow users to tune threw out the hole rpm range rather than the car deciding switching to open loop.

even if you are not tunning the car voltage clamps are still esstential because turbod cars can not afford to run lean at low rpms and wait for the car to make the switch to closed loop to open loop. its too dangerous for the engine. therefore, a voltage clamp will force the car into open loop immediatly when your at wot rather than later

map clamps work the same way as the o2 voltage clamps, but im pretty sure mazdas need o2 voltage clamps because our o2 sensors override that stuff. thats why the splitsecond air fuel controller is successful and other air fuel controllers are not.
 
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oh i get it now even thou my wide band show me going rich to lean when i excel once the ecu you see the reading it needs it tries to adjust it.even when i am trying to give it fuel with my emanage.so do i need to get one or two of them? i have an o2 simulater on the rear cause i do not have a cat on my car.
 
um, well you hook up the o2 clamp to the pin number 60 in the ecu. so i think that means both, but im not sure.

yea the reason why the emanage is not doing anything while you make changes is because your trying to tune in closed loop and the car will win the fight between the emanage. so what you have to do is force the car into open loop, so the ecu sensors cant do s*** about it, lol.



good thing you have a wideband. you are able able to see the closed loop switcing over to open loop while your drivng. open loop usually kicks in either when starting up the car, and at wot (ideal, but not neccessairly happens right away). and closed loop is when the car is cruising and when warmed up.

closed loop- the stoichometric ratio for cars are 14.7:1. that means there is neither no fuel or air left in the chamber. so therefore, it is ideal for a car to stay around 14.7 when crusing because that is best for the engine. but the car can not stay at 14.7 because the car will overheat, so the wideband should bounce around when your watching it. closed loop is decided by the cars sensors and the sensors tell the ecu what to do. the sensors are too strong and thats why you can not tune the car at closed loop.

open loop- open loop is a preset map that the ecu has, and when the car is at full throttle, the car switches to the preset map and runs off of the map. the ecu stops using sensors, so when you make adjustments with your emanage, it is not fighting with anything anymore so that is why it is ideal to tune at open loop. open loop also kicks on when the car first starts up because the sensors need time for the car to warm up.

this goes into much more depth, but i hope i explained it fairly well. if you have any more questions, post up. good luck with tuning, and have fun!
 
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so the map clamp i bought before is just useless.well dam i guess i will order a o2 clamp. thanks
 
the o2 clamp will just send a steady voltage to the ecu which will be a false stoich reading from the o2 sensor. The ecu thinks its running stoich....this way you can add all the fuel you want.

I think its between .35 and .4v
 
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cant i just send like .35v to the ecu all the time so it think it working properly cuase i have a o2 simulater on the rear so it will feed of the front.
 
yep, it should work....i think i did it a few times before a long time ago when troubleshooting.

Try it, check the CEL codes just in case.
 
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