who's using AEM uego?
 

Ok I'm throwing in the towel. The fight between myself and the LC-1 has come to a point where I'm completely convinced that in any situation other than absolutely perfect conditions it is just to high maintainence. or a complete piece of shit which ever you prefer to call it. I've been through two now the first was a confirmed and rma'd defective unit. the second wouldn't program and has now completely quit working after a firmware update to try and fix the programming issue. long story short I just don't trust it in a 1990 mazda that will never have perfect electrical conditions.

So I'm just wondering who is using the AEM products, and if you have had any issues with said units?

Ummm .... lots of us? I'm pretty brain-dead at car stuff and installed the AEM, works fine, no problems at all.

I am using it. I tried using an add-a-circuit and that didnt work. Now that i have it wired in to the blue driver's side clip, everything is working swimmingly.

I've had one in my car for over a year and no problems with it thus far.

I'm running one. Got one xmas of 07. Around March 08 or so it went all shitty and quit working. Took like 2mo to convince AEM that I wasnt crazy and it was borked. Been fine since they sent a replacement though.

Funny that this topic comes up just now. I'm getting ready to replace my AEM with an LC-1 / XD-16.

The AEM works pretty well, though I seem to have a chronic and growing miscalibration of the analog output which I've been unable to correct. I went with the LC1 this time as it is supposedly much faster responding than the AEM, so perhaps I can tighten up my closed-loop operation a bit.

Satisfied UEGO user here.

Went from uego to lc1 (unit failed) back to uego.

After two LC1s died I went UEGO. While it doesn't seem as responsive as the LC1 nor as configurable it's insanely durable in comparison.

UEGO here. No problems minus this burning rash.

Nice timing on this thread. I was pondering the choice and I think it looks like I am going UEGO as well. Can't tie the WB into Zoom 3 anyway, so a nice, easy to read guage will help me with road tuning.

+1 UEGO, I installed it through the extra output on ms. Configured it like said on this forum, and it works perfectly (thus far) though I have yet to do any "real" tuning other than idle cells.

UEGO user here too, no problems, about as easy as an install gets

UEGO user here connected to Link. Works great.

On this topic, I found a NIB unit with full warranty for $220 shipped. Good deal or can I get that from a board sponsor or other retailer? I need to purchase one.

wow, I definitely didn't expect that much of a response. I know that a lot of people claim that it's allways "installer error" that makes the LC-1s go ape shit, but I'd been a professional installer of aftermarket automotive goods for the better part of 15 years. I am also MECP certified in automotive electronics. So I know it's not me. I wanted the best and should have looked a little deeper. Bad on me, but at least it was only 200 bones and a month worth of time wasted. lesson learned. thanks for the feedback fellers.

Off topic I have to get MECP certified this month, and I haven't touched the study guide more than 10 minutes..

Good luck! lol
I have my Advanced, I should have gotten my Master Cert. before I quit Best Buy since they were paying for it. Oh well.

sold my lc-1 about 2 years ago to buy the AEM and haven't looked back. still on the original sensor too.

LOL I'm at Best Buy as well.

Uego 4 life

I have that tatooed on my back. Hardcore.

It's ok LC1 lovers, we're taking it back.

A slight topic deviation, since this seems pretty well covered.

Is anybody familiar with the relatively new wideband system that Autometer sells? http://autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail...earch&gid=3710

The specs on it are quite odd. The analog output, for instance, is 0-4v?

I think that came out a year or two ago, but I have never actually seen anyone use it. Seems like a UEGO with recall.

I just bought a UEGO for $220 shipped. NIB with full warranty. He has two more at that price. PM me for his email address if you are interested.

Can't say that I have ever used or even seen this one before. 0-4v is kinda odd. I'd think that would reduce the resolution slightly. On the other hand I have used and installed a lot of Autometer products and never had a single issue aside from their tachs having an error window of about + - 400rpm. Looks like it runs about $350.00 from your normal mailorder places. I haven't looked at the ms config yet, is there a unversal o2 with the right voltage window to make it work or is that something that one would have to write some software for?

I wouldn't call it software writing per se, but you'd have to come up with a working formula for it and put it into the lambdasensors.ini file.

I just found it interesting that this particular model seems to have snuck onto the scene nearly a year ago and yet I've heard nothing of it. For the money (relative to AEM & Innovate) I doubt I'd be the one to try it first.

+ 1 Uego. I have had one for a few months. It works great. I have nothing to compare it to. But I have no complaints, no calibrating, plug it up, wire it up and go.

I was thinking the same thing about being the first to use it. especialy since I still have newb status with the mega squirt systems and wouldn't even know where to begin in making an ini.file. I can tell you this though; if you ever had any issues with it, Autometer stands behind their products and wouldn't make you jump through all kinds of hoops to get get them resolved. Unlike innovte.

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here's another one that nobody seems to be aware of. if you click on the directions link you can see it has a 0-5v analog output. the directions are eerily similar to the lc-1 but written much better. I'm not sure if innovate manufactures it for them, but at least there is no firmware to be corrupted. the calibration process is done with a small knob on the back of the control unit.

That above and it came with a gauge for a total of 225.00 shipped. I received it in 22 hrs. I was shocked.

What's the best place to order the UEGO from? After the discrepancy I saw between the LC1 and the dyno's AFR I'm considering the AEM unit.

I got mine on ebay for a steal, I think 225 shipped, NIB, plastic wrapped, warranty, and all.

So I just got around to installing my UEGO. took me all of about ten minutes and it works flawlessly. The guage and the display in MT. are dead nuts equal too. didn't have to tweak the ini. file or anything. now I can finaly get around to some real tuning instead of spending hours on the phone with tech guys trouble shooting bad products. I have to admit that I did get LC-1 #2 working, but only halfway. never did get the outputs to put out any signal, nor could I program the output voltages.

live and learn I guess. although the innovate stuff is supposed to be better and faster responding and blah blah blah, from my experience with them thus far never again. So hats off to AEM for putting out a product that's user friendly and actualy works. No fuss, no muss.

By the way Joe thanks. I read in another thread about using the 5v output from the megasquirt harness to test the input. good bit of diagnostic thinking there.

Well, congrats on getting it up, and being the one guy lucky enough to have the calibrations match out of the box. That was really the only reason I ditched my AEM- I never could get the MS to agree with it consistently. It's almost like the degree of error on the analog output changed in magnitude with some variable that I was never able to discover.

But I will say that installing the LC1 / XD16 has been a pleasant experience, and so far is working wonderfully. When I got the units, I set 'em up on the workbench so I could test & configure prior to installing on the car. It helped greatly to understand the logic behind which serial cable goes where, which end needs the termination, etc. It's all documented, but not all in one place. At any rate, I'm surprised you had so many problems with yours. I was really impressed with the build quality and apparent ruggedness of the unit, so much so that I didn't have any qualms about mounting the LC1 itself to the side of the PPF so I didn't have to cut & extend the sensor cable.

I think I just had some serious bad luck with innovate stuff. I wonder if they had a bad run off of the production line? I did get both of them localy from the same store. they do have a good reputation so I won't bad mouth them to much. I have one sitting in the garage now that won't put out a signal to megasquirt, but I'll probably set it up as a workbench tail pipe sniffer. just to have a control, so I can make sure that things don't go awry with the AEM