Lets talk gauges

[kwells]

Has anyone thought about the addition of O2 sensors and an air/fuel guage like this?

http://www.indyautoparts.org/eshop/product.asp?intProdID=2508&strCatalog_NAME=&strSubCatalog_NAME=Auto%20Meter%20Cobalt%20Series%20Gauges&strSubCatalogID=6&intCatalogID=&CurCatalogID=10023

I also found one that will do on the fly "dyno" specs

http://www.rpmoutlet.com/autdpic.htm

[Blake]

Dont waste your money on anything but a wide-band AFR meter or else you'll still be shooting in the dark..but this time with a candle.  you need a wideband to do any real tuning.  I have a wide band with bungs welded into my exhaust so i could convert to individual k&N pod filters.  Pretty much have the jetting down, but havent had time recently to do the final tweaks.  but expect to pay 500+ for a decent AFR meter, display, and o2 sensor.

As for the "dyno" spec gauges...  I never personally liked them myself.  you really would have a lot better information if you actually go to a dyno/drag strip.  other than that the rest is pretty much speculation (except for the 60mph tests-which might not even work with the vision if it requires an electronic speedo feed).


hope that helps.


Blake

[Extent]

Non Wideband O2 sensors are excelent at telling you if you're running stoic or not, but not how rich or lean you are.  The autometer O2 guage will give a pretty light show but over all it's just a nother ricey accessory (I built my own once for less than 10$ in parts)

Bosch has a recent WBo2 sensor that retails for <100 bucks, and you can build a relatively cheap datalogger from these guys
http://wbo2.com/2a0/kit.htm

I had a bit of a post about it on my personal forum here
http://levanthia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=262

One of these days I'm gonna make a dyno for the V that just uses the shaft drive, since getting a set of rollers seems to be one of the more difficult parts of building one.  Then I've got all kinds of interesting things I want to play with (ok Extent, take a deep breath, one thing at a time.. heh )