Wide band air sensor?

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  1. Howdee

    Howdee Brown noser

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    Where can I get one, It doesn't come with the guage Im buying. Is there anything else I need to hook up a wide band air -fuel guage to an srt8?
     
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    SRT8U Supporting Vendor

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    HEMISFEAR Ur Friendly Canadian

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    Do you just need the part that's inserted into the pipe? Bosch makes them I think...at least they make a universal type.
     
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    Quick Mgmt. - I can't help you

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    Howdee, there are more or less 4 components.
    1) Actual gauge (that you look at).
    2) Sometimes (usually for the fancy programmable ones) a separate box it plugs into.
    3) A wideband controller -- takes the input from the sensor and outputs 0-5v, 0-1v, etc. Depends, sometimes the outputs are programmable. A gauge might want one output, a data logger might want something else, you could use the output to feed a ECM/PCM that expects a narrow band sensor output, etc. The controller also runs the sensor heater, calibrates, etc.
    4) The wideband sensor itself. I think everybody used Bosch (don't know if there are others). You weld a bung into the exhaust pipe (before the cats) that the sensor screws into.

    Various manufacturers have some of the stuff integrated. The LC-1 pointed to has the wideband controller integrated into the cable itself.
     
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