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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 02:08 PM
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Hey all,
I am looking into buying a wideband gauge for tuning. Which one is preferred and why? PLease give reasons for your vote.

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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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I use lc-1's and lm-1's for ease of install and low price. HOWEVER, the lc-1 WILL **** up if installed improperly or used with low battery voltage. It has absolutely NO protection against current being fed into the outputs, and it will NOT work if the voltage at the feed wires is low for ANY reason. I work with electronics for a living, so this normally doesn't bother me, but I did have a problem once with a gauge backfeeding voltage into the lc-1 outputs. The lc-1 serial output still worked, but it IMMEDIATELY fried the analog outputs. They are excellent gauges for the price, but if you get sloppy with the install you could end up with a paperweight.
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 11:21 PM
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I believe there was some article on pretty much all the widebands out on the market a few months back. And from what I remember, the innovative brand scored the best.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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I have the Dynojet wideband commander. I like it alot. It will engage nitrous for you and allow you to set the a/f pameter that you want nitrous to be used. Example, if you set it up to only allow nitrous to be activated if a/f ratios is between 11.5:1 - 12.0:1 then it will not engage the nitrous unless the a/f ratio is in that paremeter.

It has a ton of other features as well.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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FJO

http://www.fjoracing.com/index.php

i looked at them all for a long time and this in my opinion is hands down the best most universal unit 1-8 cylenders, left and right banks ect...
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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Here is the article I read... they compare AEM, Dynojet, FAST, FJO, Innovate, NGK, PLX, Zeitronix widebands... Interesting article.

http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...tout/index.php
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by waterbug1999
Here is the article I read... they compare AEM, Dynojet, FAST, FJO, Innovate, NGK, PLX, Zeitronix widebands... Interesting article.

http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...tout/index.php
I can never get to pg 2 of that article. Keeps wanting me to sign up for $16. How is everyone else seeing it?
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 10:44 PM
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I can never get to pg 2 of that article. Keeps wanting me to sign up for $16. How is everyone else seeing it?
It did the same to me.. I am trying to find a different link about it.
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Well, Innovative Motorsports has the same damn link and it does the same thing.. I emailed I.M. and told them that was horse ****!
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:30 PM
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The LC-1 was a pain to hook-up, but mine works well and is accurate. I like it. If I were to do it again though, I'd pay the extra $100 for the LM-1.
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Well, Innovative Motorsports has the same damn link and it does the same thing.. I emailed I.M. and told them that was horse ****!
That is horse ****. I see the link everywhere.
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The LC-1 was a pain to hook-up, but mine works well and is accurate. I like it. If I were to do it again though, I'd pay the extra $100 for the LM-1.
It took me an hour or so to hook up my LC1 and the guage. This was after I had the bung welded in though. I thought it was fairly easy to be honest.
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Google is your friend..... http://tunertools.com/articles/FordMuscle.pdf
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