autometer a/f gauge to: wideband??

**SXE MX6** · 3-25-06, 7:09

Wondering what you guys think of this?

It would be cheaper than running the whole LM-1 system...
as i don't need a data logging feature, as i don't have a laptop....

http://www.dynotunenitrous.com/store...?idproduct=151

mazda_6t9 · 3-25-06, 8:03

hey PLX devices makes one also, they are pretty cheap from them.

the datalogging can be used on a pc also I belive. you just hook it up and you have a history of your A/F so you can see how she was doing when your eyes might not have been lookin at the gauge. good luck

**Dyoel182** · 3-25-06, 8:11

Wow, I didnt know they had that output working yet. Hmm, thats not a bad deal in my mind.

**tyler886** · 3-25-06, 9:39

Def. a pretty cool alternative for someone who doesnt want to drop $350+ for a new wideband

Nice find!

-Tyler

**1FIERCEGT** · 3-25-06, 16:12

Wow, Very nice find SXE MX6! I have a question though. Does it have the option to upgrade to data log feature if you decide you want that feature later?

Oh and Tyler886, lol at that quote in your sig, ha ha!

SixSick6 · 3-28-06, 3:53

Waste of money IMO. You could spend a couple dollars more and get an actual gauge to give you a digital readout rather than trying to remember which light corresponds to which A/F ratio. For $250 you can buy the AEM which gives you a digital readout and allows datalogging.

**SXE MX6** · 3-28-06, 7:30

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Originally Posted by SixSick6

Waste of money IMO. You could spend a couple dollars more and get an actual gauge to give you a digital readout rather than trying to remember which light corresponds to which A/F ratio. For $250 you can buy the AEM which gives you a digital readout and allows datalogging.

http://www.horsepowerfreaks.com/sale...ix_In_One_UEGO

Didgital readout yes.......datalogging....can't seem to find that......????

So, for $80-$120, you get a didgital gauge......
Good deal if you have no gauge already, or want a didgital display.
It a good system too, i'm not knocking it, but i've yet to find out anywhere, that you can hook it up for datalogging, maybe i'm wrong.

I just wanted to show an option for those with a autometer a/f gauge.

I might end up with the AEM though, since I do like the fact thats its a didgital display. A little more accurate than trying to read a bar, but then again, a 1/16" stripe on there where your a/f should be, solves problems too.

**Dyoel182** · 3-28-06, 8:21

I'd like to know the actual number, but I think a standard gauge would be easier to understand while driving. You could always hook up to the laptop and get the real numbers and datalog.

**SXE MX6** · 3-28-06, 9:32

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Originally Posted by Dyoel182

I'd like to know the actual number, but I think a standard gauge would be easier to understand while driving. You could always hook up to the laptop and get the real numbers and datalog.

Right, but as I stated before, I don't have a laptop, or intend to get one just for that.......

Also, as always, I want this to know if I go lean, meaning, I want it there for keeps! You know, dirty filter, a clogged injector, a faulty wire, that can do in an engine really quick!! And what is the datalogging really gonna help with on our cars? unless you have a standalone? Other than to tell you that your going lean, and then you have to try to get more fuel. Thats it. So really if you watch the gauge, it will tell you. If you just depend on a datalog, then you have the chance to run lean while your doing it and blowing your motor. So you'd have to watch your gauge......which is right back to square one again, as I don't need a logger to do so.
Just seems to me to be a waste of money. If I had a laptop, yea maybe....

**pHeLiOs27** · 3-28-06, 9:36

Good find for those with shallow pockets like myself

**Dyoel182** · 3-28-06, 10:38

I'm just wondering how it hooks up. I know the LC1 has analog outputs, but why would it work only on autometer gauges and how do you splice it in?

**SXE MX6** · 3-28-06, 10:51

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Originally Posted by Dyoel182

I'm just wondering how it hooks up. I know the LC1 has analog outputs, but why would it work only on autometer gauges and how do you splice it in?

I'd say you hook it up to the wire that you run to your o2 sensor. And it would probably work for all narrow band a/f gauges. Its just Autometer is the most popular.

**Dyoel182** · 3-28-06, 11:12

I doubt its that easy since narrow and wide are two different sets of voltages. I'm betting there is something different about the way autometers plug in that lets them do it.

**xklibur13** · 3-28-06, 11:19

The AEM wideband can't data log by itself in the sense most people think of. You can connect the 0-5 volt output from the wideband to your computers serial port to datalog, but there are no RPMs for reference.

The only way to datalog the wideband A/F ratio with RPMs is by using it with an AEM ECU.

SixSick6 · 3-28-06, 12:57

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Originally Posted by xklibur13

The AEM wideband can't data log by itself in the sense most people think of. You can connect the 0-5 volt output from the wideband to your computers serial port to datalog, but there are no RPMs for reference.

The only way to datalog the wideband A/F ratio with RPMs is by using it with an AEM ECU.

The gauge itself. There are two AEM gauges, one is a uego gauge and one is a uego gauge with wideband controller. You need to make sure you get the right product.

http://www.aempower.com/product_ems.asp