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Newbie Question Sorry
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:09 AM
I was looking on allecotec.com and I plan on ordering some stuff from them. Whats a wideband kit? i'm only 17 so i have little experiance, and please no comment slike your just a kid don't wory about it. any info would be great.


Ricers... WTF?

Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:22 AM
It measures your air/fuel ratio. It is a important thing to have on a modified engine.

There are also "narrowband" gauges and they are cheaper, but they do not accurately measure the air/fuel ratio(they are mainly a lightshow). Widebands have a wider measuring range than narrowbands and are ALOT more accurate.



Tinkles

2003 Cavalier 1SV
Bagged and Blown


Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:22 AM
they just measure right?? you cant change anything can you?? like tune your air to fuel with it?
Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:15 AM
thanks now i know


Ricers... WTF?
Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:22 PM
matt lyle wrote:they just measure right?? you cant change anything can you?? like tune your air to fuel with it?


No, but the good ones allow you to datalog to help with tuning.



Tinkles

2003 Cavalier 1SV
Bagged and Blown


Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:15 PM
so i cant change my performance if i get one?? like its not gonna help my times or nothing just having it??
Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:51 AM
The wideband itself doesnt add performance, but it is required for tuning with a program like HPTuners.



Tinkles

2003 Cavalier 1SV
Bagged and Blown


Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:58 AM
so i cant just take my car up to a shop that tunes and have them performance tune it?? i have to have this wideband thing???
Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:30 PM
Correct, you cannot get tuned without knowing what your air/fuel ratio is.



Tinkles

2003 Cavalier 1SV
Bagged and Blown


Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:14 PM
wow... that just set me back alittle bit... soo wideband is better than narrow band right? will narrow band be ok for tunning?? and would a shop that tunes cars all the time have one of those to hook up to my car and check what my air to fuel is??
Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:50 PM
matt lyle wrote:wow... that just set me back alittle bit... soo wideband is better than narrow band right?

Yes.

matt lyle wrote:will narrow band be ok for tunning??

No, it is not accurate enough.

matt lyle wrote:and would a shop that tunes cars all the time have one of those to hook up to my car and check what my air to fuel is??

Should, but check ahead of time.



Tinkles

2003 Cavalier 1SV
Bagged and Blown



Re: Newbie Question Sorry
Friday, September 25, 2009 5:59 AM
k, thanks. i will
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