Sorry Geordie I am not an electronics tech person and cant answer your question. I hope someone can help you on this as I am interested also. Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Hmmmmmm. Interesting. Any idea what voltages it operates at??? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of rclough > Sent: Friday, 6 August 2004 7:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cheap Air/Fuel ratio meter and sensor for L-series > > > A wide band sensor is what is fitted to the twin cam Hyundai Excell. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:55 AM > Subject: RE: Cheap Air/Fuel ratio meter and sensor for L-series > > > I built the $20 kit and it's pretty crappy. Not only could it sense the > o2 reading, It seemed to also be able to sense when my hand was near the > circuit board, or the wire running to the o2 sensor..... > Use it as a guide only!!!! > > All these o2 meters do is measure the voltage produced by the sensor, > the sensor has a platinum rod inside which produces a voltage when hot and > will give off between 0 and 1 volt depending on how much oxygen is present. > Ideal o2 conditions are around 0.7 volts. They can only detect a very narrow > range, like 11:1 thru to 15:1 or something. A typical car unit is around $80 > to $150 brand new. > > If you want accurate results, you need a wide-band o2 sensor like they > use on the real o2 tuning meters, the wide-band sensor can detect a larger > range of readings and is far more accurate. These cost a hell of a lot more > than the narrow band type. Don't quote me but I think they are $400 to $700 > just for the sensor. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mark krawczuk > Sent: Friday, 6 August 2004 12:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cheap Air/Fuel ratio meter and sensor for L-series > > > hi, might pay to get a 3 wire ego sensor from a ea falcon , the > heating element will make the actaul sensor. start reading better,sooner, > than waiting for the exh to bring it up to operating specs. > the a/f meter from jaycar cost about 70 $?? > there is another kit from jaycar for about $20 or soo, which just has > a row of leds... > > btw has any body looked at the latest jaycar catalog ? > look at catalog numbers: > bs-5080 > kc-5382 > kc-5380 > kc-5385 > kc-5387 > kc-5386 > kc-5384 > kc-5375 > they are a heap o f electronic kits for efi cars.... > thing is , i actually ordered the book, but they said the book wont be > ready till september (even though its advertsied in this year s catalog. > theres some really interesting kits, boost controller etc... > mark k > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rclough > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 8:43 PM > Subject: Re: Cheap Air/Fuel ratio meter and sensor for L-series > > > Good idea! I've had similar thought for the same reason(s). > > Keep us informed how you go building and installing it, and how it > works if you succeed. > > I have read that the o2 sensor in the Hyundai Excell with the twin > cam head is a high quality unit for sensing. Could be a good deal from a > wrecker. > > Others may add their knowledge on this. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rob P > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:02 PM > Subject: Cheap Air/Fuel ratio meter and sensor for L-series > > > Hi all, > I want to set up my L4 powered 1600 with a cheap O2 sensor and A/F > ratio meter. > Is there anything I need to know? I see heaps of cheap O2 sensors > on Ebay, brand new starting at around AUS$30-$40. There is a Bosch #11051 > (OE type before catalyst single wire) O2 sensor listed as suitable for an > L-series 4-cylinder. Are these any good? I'm just running twin SU's on one c > ar with an L18 and twin Weber 45's on another with a L20B and want to swap > between them for tuning. I thought I'd just get a Jaycar LED A/F meter kit > and DIY it. > I should be able to put the whole thing together for less than > $150 I reckon. > Any thoughts? > > Cheers, > Rob P > > --membersozdat---------------------------------------------------- > --- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------ > - > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
