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Sorry to be the one with bad news....but..... A 02 sensor from an aftermarket kit or an everyday car, can not be used to monitor EXACT A/F ratio, as they are only designed to operate around lambda 0,9-1,1 (90%-110% of 14,7 to 1). A modern turbo car turns off the lamdba when fattening up the mixture during boost. An aftermarket 02 gauge ,can be used as a pin point to wether it is running rich or lean, wich can be very helpful when for example sorting out a turbo bike, but it canīt be used to determine wether itīs running at lambda 0,84 or lambda 0,92 when tuning for max power. There are special "measure lambdas" but they cost around 1500.00$ just for the sensor ,for the whole kit with a lcd display and all it is about 4000,00$, (at least the ones I have seen), wich of course neither of us are willing to pay. I borrowed such a "measure lambda" from work and could immediatly see that my own "homebuilt" 02 gauge was not to exact. So the aftermarket 02 gauges with A/F ratios written on them are just bogus unless theyīre extremly expensive. At least over the wider range of A/F ratioīs. Just thought that I would share, Christer darin ginther skrev: > I actually built this instrument - a bit more complicated design, > 20 LEDs using 2 ICs chained. Took at least 4 hours, can be > calibrated. > > Guess what? I decided that I liked Autometers gauge better.. darn > them. > > -d > > >From: Jon Watts <jonwatts@yahoo.com> > >To: turbobike@natvideo.com > >Subject: Re: [turbobike] Hey fellas O2 sensor $70 > >Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:50:27 -0700 (PDT) > > > >If you're semi-serious you can get a cyberdyne gauge for (I think) > >less than $100. > > > >http://force-efi.com/cyber.htm > > > >Even better if you can solder, make your own for all of $20. > > > >http://efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu/diy_efi/projects/O2_LED/O2_LED.html > > > >I'd think that for anyone doing this kind of development a gauge that > >could be mounted for a few months would be more useful than a > >multimeter. > > > > > >--- WCame23238@aol.com wrote: > > > Doug, Three things are necessary. #1 O2 sensor, one wire type if > > > mounted near > > > port, 3 wire type if more than 16 inches from port. #2 low cost > > > digital > > > multimeter, taped on handlebar. #3 some sort of chart to relate > > > voltage to > > > mixture. Works while driving, and readings are up dated many times > > > a second. > > > I have article at home that I will scan and email. It works great, > > > shows when > > > you are hitting that flat spot and gives an idea what the best fix. > > > I have > > > installed on two of by bikes. Bill > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com