widebands?!

[leo766]

now educate me please, i see these LC-1 controller/wideband kits that say their perfect for tuning and replacing your stock 02 sensor...

now is this true? i can add a wideband sesnor to the car and make it transparent like its an 02? to give the ecu a better read on the AFR and maybe get better LTFT and STFTs in the process?

the motivation for me to get a wideband is to have a dedicated guage besides boost to monitor... cuz i figure its more important than oil pressure(which lets face, when that needle moves something already happened)

but i am not sure if it all works quite so easy as pulling out the old o2 plugging in a wideband and lc-1 controller and hooking an end into a guage and an end into the old 02 harness?

enlighten me if im wrong fellas... im just trying to understand this car.. i remember someone even saying once, that it came with widebands installed already(which i doupt, but really why don't they just put on em on cars these days, when you can buy a kit with a bosch wideband for 200$)

thx guys

 

[LBV]

These cars already have a wideband O2 sensor in the pre-cat just off the turbo that reads correct AFR. So what you need to see that AFR is a gauge that connects to the under-dash OBDII port. You've got several choices. If you want a 52mm gauge that reads all kinds of data from the OBDII port get the Aeroforce like I have http://www.aeroforcetech.com/.

Another one is the Dashhawk . http://www.dashhawk.com/

Don't waste your money on the LM-1 - I've got 1 sitting in the basement from my previous car that I have yet to use.

 

[_MSprotegy]

+1 on what that guy ^ said.

 

[coyfish]

+2. Factory wideband is fine. Everyone loves gauges because they are pretty but really the only thing you need in this car is a dashhawk or aeroforce.