Wideband, Options?

[Alex]

Whats available?
Opinions etc...

[Sophia_Bush]

lc1 and aem come to mind had a lc1 on my old turbo and it was ok, was told that although it does it's job it had a few quirks

[wicked-vtr]

Innovate seem the standard choice on here, however I've heard people have had issues with reliability, you will also have to pay extra for a gauge if you want one.

I run the aem analog uego wideband with gauge. It's ok, seems quite quick to react but if you dont let the gauge zero itself properly before starting up it gives funny readings.

[J222JRA]

Good thread....will be keeping an eye on this one.

[e8_pqck]

i have the innovate and seems ok, gives a nice clear readout, prefer digital to analogue too as you get better accuracy imo - not that i look at it much whilst im ragging the tits off it though!!

[J222JRA]

Also wheres the best place to buy these setups from guys?? Its on my shopping list.

[wicked-vtr]

i have the innovate and seems ok, gives a nice clear readout, prefer digital to analogue too as you get better accuracy imo - not that i look at it much whilst im ragging the tits off it though!!

Aye i was unsure about digital or analog, i find the analog you can just glance at, plus i like seeing the needle whizz round

[wicked-vtr]

Also wheres the best place to buy these setups from guys?? Its on my shopping list.

I got mine from a eBay store, was the cheapest place I could find with free next day delivery.
They stock the inovate system and a few others iirc. The name escapes me though, will look it up when I get in.

[Sophia_Bush]

cheapest I've seen the lc1 go for James with digital gauge was £140 delivered from a uk based company can get it cheaper from usa well did but since exchange rates gone crap ain't worth the time

[Jungle]

I have an LC1 and since about a week after fitting it's never read properly, doesn't seem to want to calibrate any more. I'm interested to hear other more reliable options

[ryanmt]

www.14point7.com

Ive built my own Jaw and have a NAW 7S at the moment.

Good devices, cheap too.

[atspeedracing]

innovate are ok - bit tempermental but easily user recalibrated. we use innovate data loggers wired into our dyno for AFR.

AEM are ok.

would highly recommend the VEMS gauge for AFR.

- colin.

[adzvtr]

i have an lc1 and it gets to hot and shuts down while driving fruitily.

i am looking at the 14point7 ones now, they have some good reviews

[atspeedracing]

if it gets too hot, try an extended lambda probe bung.

- colin.

[beardyboy]

im having problems with my innavate lc-1, one night last week it decided to fuck up and was reading 7.4 and flashing, and now even after trying to recalibrate god know how many times, it still flashing 7.4, any clues what this might be?

[blackie_2k5]

you sure its not the fueling?

[tweeqd]

my innovate fu***d up once (car would only drive on full throttle :n:)
but switched off the ingnition and hasnt missed a beat since, done over 3k on it and its been good

[raunchz]

My innovate was spot on, no problems at all for a good year or so

[Sophia_Bush]

My innovate was spot on, no problems at all for a good year or so

did well on mine for another 9 months aswell

[blackie_2k5]

so is that the wideband i have now gav?

[Sophia_Bush]

yes that would be the one

[Alex]

Seems to be most use the same Bosch sensor but their own controller modules.
The innovate seems to be cheapest (on ebay), hoping it's not some cheap knock off.

[vtr_chris90]

I Decided to go for 14point7 SLC pure plus 2 wideband after I heard of a couple of issues with the innovate.
It's a bit dearer than the innovate, but has more options available with it, as it's also a data logger, but on the same display your able to view boost, exhaust temp, oil temp, and more obviously by using the relevant sensors, here's a link to it...
http://www.14point7.com/SLC-Pure-Plus-2.php

I bought it from a place called trigger-wheels.com (http://www.trigger-wheels.com/store/contents/en-uk/d27.html)

I've not had any issues with it do far and it's been fitted about 2 months. Comes with clar instructions of how to fit it with a cd that has plenty of diagrams etc, I'm useless with wiring do I got Andy (luthor1) to fit it when he mapped my car

Overall I'm very happy with it, I know it costs more but with what I had planned it seemed ideal going for this option. I can get some pics of the gauge if anyone wants too, I managed to out it on the dash on the driver side there's plenty of wiring there, quite an amusing amount tbh lol

[blackie_2k5]

can save a bit more by getting direct from alan at 14point7

i was gonna try it out along with a few other things. works out abotu the same as innovate. but looks to be better. and has more options available as said