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djw090
David Witham
Warwick UK
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06/12/2008 11:20AM

Main British Car:
MGB 1974 and MG ZT 160 turbo 2005

DIY Wide Band
Posted by: djw090
Date: May 27, 2009 03:58AM

I am interested in building a DIY wide band controller. When I searched in google the sites that came up tended to be a bit old. I am not worried about a bit of soldering. It looks to me as if the gauges like the ones on the other thread are quite expensive. So a set up that feeds to my lap top might be good as I will only need it to get the carbs set up and then to check the tune from time to time.


Scott68B
Scott Costanzo
Columbus, Ohio
(562 posts)

Registered:
10/25/2007 11:30AM

Main British Car:
1968 MGB GM 5.3 LS4 V8

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Re: DIY Wide Band
Posted by: Scott68B
Date: May 27, 2009 07:07AM

David,

Hope this helps.

[wbo2.com]

Regards

-- Scott


NixVegaGT
Nicolas Wiederhold
Minneapolis, MN
(659 posts)

Registered:
10/16/2007 05:30AM

Main British Car:
'73 Vega GT 4.9L Rover/Buick Stroker

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Re: DIY Wide Band
Posted by: NixVegaGT
Date: May 28, 2009 07:59AM

Nice. Good find. They must ship to US, right? Probably worldwide. Not a perfect time to buy because the Dollar dropped a little today but a good price. $150 isn't bad.
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djw090
David Witham
Warwick UK
(115 posts)

Registered:
06/12/2008 11:20AM

Main British Car:
MGB 1974 and MG ZT 160 turbo 2005

Re: DIY Wide Band
Posted by: djw090
Date: May 28, 2009 08:23AM

Since my earlier post I have found JAW on www.14point7.com
Price wise it is in my limited budget and I own 2 soldering irons so I may give it a go. I just need to find a car with the correct Bosch WB sensor in my local scrap yard!


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6470 posts)

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10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: DIY Wide Band
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: May 28, 2009 09:59AM

I was going to build one but due to the high price and unavailability of sensors finally gave up on it and bought a complete unit (Innovate LC-1). They have more options now, the one Curtis just installed looks real good. Wonder how much it cost?

Jim


4.6 MGB V8
Matt T
New York
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12/07/2007 04:13PM

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Re: DIY Wide Band
Posted by: 4.6 MGB V8
Date: June 01, 2009 07:25PM

I scored a LM-1 off ebay last week for $150 it works great and can datalog to any computer. I think you can usually get them for under $200 or so. Plus they have good tech support.
I've seen lots of plans for narrow band but never seen one for wide band. I thought once you went to wide band you needed to build a full processor etc. I started out trying to build a narrow band for myself but I finally decided that even if I could find all the parts and get it working the functionality just wasn't there to make it worth while. Of course if it's one of those things you just want to build yourself it sounds like a pretty good project.
Good Luck


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