R*Speed air/fuel gauge
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R*Speed air/fuel gauge
HI I purchased an r speed air fuel meter with the led lights but I dont really know how to interpret what its saying because it jumps all around from lean to rich with no pattern that i can see is this normal or is something wrong please help and yes i followed all the instructions
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Wideband is much more accurate and uses a different o2 sensor. Do a search here and you will find much information. Open loop is when the ecu quites trying to cruise at a 14.8 a/f ratio and just starts dumping fuel. You can buy a o2 clamp on this web site that will put the ecu into open loop when ever you go into boost. It's a good investment. Just do za search for o2 clamp.
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It's working correctly. A narrowband o2 sensor outputs 14.7:1 as .85-.20volts. Since the ECU idles at 14.7:1 AFR it makes small adjustments to make sure the voltage is within that range. So what you see from the sweeping gauge is those adjustments being made, bouncing to each voltage and back to the opposite.
The wideband o2 sensor outputs the o2 readings in the exhaust on a linear scale, so at each voltage increment, it represent a new AFR, when outputted to a gauge, you can see exactly the correct mixture of o2 in the exhaust.
so lets assume you have 20 LEDS, and they are incrementing in a .5v scale. 1v = 9:1 0v = 18:1
my gauge will show me this with a WBo2:
Your's will show you something closer to this:
for the ECU to read off and make adjustments, it's fine, for you to tune off, pointless.
The wideband o2 sensor outputs the o2 readings in the exhaust on a linear scale, so at each voltage increment, it represent a new AFR, when outputted to a gauge, you can see exactly the correct mixture of o2 in the exhaust.
so lets assume you have 20 LEDS, and they are incrementing in a .5v scale. 1v = 9:1 0v = 18:1
my gauge will show me this with a WBo2:
Your's will show you something closer to this:
for the ECU to read off and make adjustments, it's fine, for you to tune off, pointless.
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cheapest will run you $170-180shipped, and you can use your current gauge to display the correct output. (search: innovative motorsports LC-1)
my thoughts are it's worth it's weight in gold.
my thoughts are it's worth it's weight in gold.
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the lc-1 does not have a gauge, just a few wires comming out of it. you can output a voltage specifically to utilize a narrowband gauge.
http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/r...ntegration.php
http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/r...ntegration.php
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yeah, it has two outputs. one for a gauge, one for an ECU. Both can be programmed to whatever scale you need.
you could even remove the oem sensor and send the signal directly to the oem ecu to run off of.
you could even remove the oem sensor and send the signal directly to the oem ecu to run off of.
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Cool, I learn so much every day on this board.
I guess if I run xede I'll have to run both outputs, adjusted, to the ecm and the xede.
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yeah, my gauge only displays between 16:1 and 10:1, I've made myself a little sheet, like what i have above to show me exactly what led is what AFR. This adjusted the scale the gauge displays so I can see smaller increments.
better yet, get an LCD panel, or anything that displays volts, and you'll have a digital readout of the AFR.
better yet, get an LCD panel, or anything that displays volts, and you'll have a digital readout of the AFR.
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