New Wideband on the market

[2GturboTALON]

I was reading the new super street and ran across an advertisement for prosports new wideband and it looks to be a good new option. Prosport Wideband

 

[DSM LoVeR 96]

very nice I like the way it looks ill probably end up with one. good price.

 

[Lonnie gandee]

Doesnt look to bad.....
But who cares how far it reads.... In any motor, you run leaner than 16.0:1 its gonna fry....... Even at idle, who wants to see 20.0:1

 

[gixrman]

does'nt read below 10:1 = pointless

 

[RipperXX]

It's just so you shit yourself even more when you see it go past 16-17:1
But yea for that price it doesn't look bad at all, I am just curious of how fast it reacts.

does'nt read below 10:1 = pointless

Well yes and no, most stock FI cars run in the 9:1 area, so yea I agree with you to some extent but almost all "tuned" FI cars are at LEAST some where in the 10:1 area.

 

[viperlp01]

my plx lc-1 reads to 10.0. What are you talking about pointless . A good mixture at wide open is like 11.1. who cares about anything after that. Stock WOT is 9.5 and that is super rich. So this is good for the price and it plently of use.

 

[RipperXX]

Depends on how conservative you are, myself I consider 10.8:1 a good safe A/F mixture for a DD car.









Who runs lower than 10:1 on anything but a stock car anyway?

 

[Gamble97]

Doesnt look to bad.....
But who cares how far it reads.... In any motor, you run leaner than 16.0:1 its gonna fry....... Even at idle, who wants to see 20.0:1

Um, no. My friends car idles at 17 a/f and it was tuned by AMS. He asked to richen it up and they said don't worry its fine..
Now I don't agree with it being that lean at idle, but it's still running strong.

As far as the prosport goes, I vote junk. Not everyone wants a blue display for one. For 2, this company has said that the wideband will be done at the end of the month for 2 years. Not to mention they said that they wanted to keep the price around $150 with the sensor, and $229 is not near $150.
Also not for anything but why would someone spend $229 on a prosport gauge when the AEM Uego is $200-$210.

 

[viperlp01]

Ya understandable. Better counter arguement then others posted above.

My car idles at around 16.8 and it has done that between the stock chip and and my modded chip. Still runs good.

 

[SpeedAddict62]

16:1+ is also good for any kind of lean burn freeway driving. My NGK AFX only goes 9-16, I would have it pegged at 16 on the freeway with no problems. At light load you can get away with a pretty lean mixture before it starts to misfire.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Yes the AEM is about $220.

 

[crimsondragon]

16:1 AFR? I see 14.9 on average which is stoic burn by the way. On closed throttle with RPMs above 1500, it goes to 22.4:1.

 

[RipperXX]

I was not aware the AEM unit had come down in price that much..... nice!

 

[JayRolla]

Doesnt look to bad.....
But who cares how far it reads.... In any motor, you run leaner than 16.0:1 its gonna fry....... Even at idle, who wants to see 20.0:1

A lot of people run 16.1 afr's in closed loop/cruisng. Lean burn can save a lot on gas and has been proven to be safe. I my self run 15.5 on e85 at lo throttle.

I think I got my AEM for around 220 shipped on egay.

 

[z24frank]

AEM ftw for 200.00 at most places.Trusted name why chance it?

 

[gixrman]

It's just so you shit yourself even more when you see it go past 16-17:1
But yea for that price it doesn't look bad at all, I am just curious of how fast it reacts.








Well yes and no, most stock FI cars run in the 9:1 area, so yea I agree with you to some extent but almost all "tuned" FI cars are at LEAST some where in the 10:1 area.

Well when I datalog I want to see whats going on. So when the AFR flatlines at 10:1 I cant see what a richer fuel mixture is doing or at what point. Basiclly tuning in the dark. My old setup on my 16g didn't like a lean seting and ran best somewhere in the 9:1 range. Really though how hard is it to set the calibration to a lower AFR??

 

[JayRolla]

9:1?? I thought the stock afr was rich but thats crazy. How did you know you where at that afr when wbo2's dont read that low?

 

[DSM LoVeR 96]

I was reading the new super street and ran across an advertisement for prosports new wideband and it looks to be a good new option. Prosport Wideband

what issue/mouth of super street was that in???


Did any one get one of these gauges yet? anymore info on how they are working out. how is it so far?

 

[bling5tatus]

There really is no point in running your AFR's less than 10... unless you're using an alternative fuel. In that case, you reprogram what stoich is for that particular fuel.

If you don't have a programmable wideband like the LC-1 then... I guess that's the tale of three eggs... two bad.