advantages of monitoring the afr

[djinuk]

I have a pretty standard r5 gt. however i would like to see more power soon enough, i am looking at the LC-1 , buy for £150 , . I just wanted to know what kind of advantages it has to be able to monitor your afr constantly,, and also peoples experiences on the products.. thanks

[Mart]

The idea is that you don't (have to) monitor the fuelling constantly. It's more a case of using it as reference whilst setting up your carb.

Not wise to leave the w/b probe in situ if you're not gonna be using it either.

[djinuk]

that makes sence , so basically am i right in saying it allows you to do what a garage does when they setup your carb , but obviously rather than a huge probe shoved in the exhaust , you can monitor it in the car, so therefore can check how the fueling is affected when your on boost etc and adjust accordingly.

[Mart]

Got it in one.

[djinuk]

wicked , thanks for clearing that up :)

[Trevhib]

Not wise to leave the w/b probe in situ if you're not gonna be using it either.

Is that because they are known to breakdown in the heat pretty quickly?

[Mart]

If they're (heating element) not powered up, then yep, the hot exhaust gas will damage the O2 sensor.

The eventual carbon soot build-up around the sensor head won't be doing it any favours either.

[Trevhib]

:agree:

[djinuk]

is there any kit in particular you would recommend buying ?

[James5]

Innovate LM-1 fella you can't go wrong:)

[djinuk]

Sweet, now this may sound daft , but is setting up your AFR, to meet your boost levels easy enough todo once you can monitor them, or is this something that's considered quite a art and best left to the people that have been doing it a while.