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Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: Bob Monkhouse on January 15, 2010, 07:36:01 PM
Could those of you in the know recommend a suitable afr meter and where to buy ? Thanks, Bob.
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: MaLicE on January 16, 2010, 12:17:31 AM
i got a greddy warning one, never used it has its own wideband sensor etc... gonna wire it in at some point but im being slack lol!

saying that supposedly they aint that sharp at staying accurate... alot of people use the lm1 i think it is made by innovite but they dont use them constantly?
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: philiwily on January 16, 2010, 02:39:55 AM
There are a few makes out there. Quite a lot of support for the innovate stuff on rx7club.com as it works well with the datalogit if you ever went down that road.
LC1 with a XD16 guage would be good but you would need a laptop if you wanted to log data.
LM1 is a box with a display that logs data so you can take it into your house and plug into your PC to look at your logs, a bit overkill if you just want to keep an eye on your AFR.
I have an LC1, no complaints.
I got it from an official Innovate dealer who sell on Ebay UK(who I got through the Innovate website).

Phil
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: m1tch on January 16, 2010, 09:48:56 AM
I am running a STACK gauge with a bosch sensor, got it on demon tweeks for £185 all in, the gauge displays the air fuel via LEDs and also as a digital read out, also if you connect the microswitch it will give you the peak A/F ratio.

(http://shop.xtra.lt/out/oxbaseshop/html/0/dyn_images/z2/stack_wideband_air-fuel_ratio_gauge_st3401_l_z2.jpg)
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: Bob Monkhouse on January 16, 2010, 10:17:27 AM
Thanks for the advice, I think we\'ll probably go with the Innovate LM1. We have just bought another FD and I\'m interested in using it to try and learn something about mapping(for those of you who pointed out that I had got the engine cycle wrong-der! I aint thick, just a bit slow-something to do with having a fist sized hole in my skull held together with titanium screws)!!
Obviously we are going to need the relevant software which was going to be the next question but that seems to have been answered above by the reference to Datalogit.Is this software available in this country or do I have to get in touch with the company in NZ?
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: arrouk on January 16, 2010, 10:36:36 AM
bob I dont know if you still have my number but if you do give me a ring later today, I might be able to help you out.

matt
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: philiwily on January 16, 2010, 01:08:20 PM
The Datalogit software is called FC-Edit you can get it here http://members.iinet.net.au/~toddwilliams/dump/toymods/TTTT/ (http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Etoddwilliams/dump/toymods/TTTT/)
V2.127 is the latest.
Lots of good info here http://www.rx7club.com/forumdisplay.php?f=47
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: Bob Monkhouse on January 16, 2010, 05:56:25 PM
Quote from: arrouk;665606bob I dont know if you still have my number but if you do give me a ring later today, I might be able to help you out.
 
matt
Matt, Text me your number and I\'ll give you a ring, many thanks for your help, Bob.(07982259790)
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: trev0006 on February 14, 2010, 07:54:31 PM
Thanks for the info.
 
 
 
Quote from: philiwily;665653The Datalogit software is called FC-Edit you can get it here http://members.iinet.net.au/~toddwilliams/dump/toymods/TTTT/ (http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Etoddwilliams/dump/toymods/TTTT/)
V2.127 is the latest.
Lots of good info here http://www.rx7club.com/forumdisplay.php?f=47tires (http://www.discountpartcenter.com/)cars (http://www.dpccars.com/)
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: turbotoaster on February 26, 2010, 01:03:08 AM
http://www.paceperformance.com/paceperformance/pdf/widebandshootout.pdf

big test of the most common ones, seems innovates is the best going off that
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: Ed_RX7 on February 26, 2010, 02:15:11 AM
i had a xd-16 kit........................sold IT AND went for the AEM ONE INSTEAD!!!!!!!!!
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: turbotoaster on February 26, 2010, 02:15:59 AM
how come you decided to change it ed?
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: Ed_RX7 on February 26, 2010, 09:14:18 AM
I got the xd16...coz it was the all singing all dancing unit......but it just didnt work properly...far too tempramental....some times it would work then it would ..stop...i would constantly have to recalibrate it...it just drove me mad. And its just far to complicated to install.....then i joined the innovate forum and realised i wasnt the only one with this issue......so out with thw xd16 and in went the AEM.....its never missed a beat once...easy to install...and i have never looked back since!
Title: AFR Meter recommendation please
Post by: DR SCHNITZEL on February 26, 2010, 10:18:28 AM
I use trigger wheels. cant fault it at all and its cheap