Air/Fuel

[drifter_for_life06]

Anyone have experience installing an AFR gauge with pillar pod?

Was it a PITA? Take a while?

I searched and found nothing relavant

[ILikeMy240sx]

nope not hard at all.

Take the A-pilar cover off, match the pod and drill few holes on the A-pillar cover and it snaps right on.

Red goes to 12v source (your ignition) and black grounds and purple hooks up to the oxygen sensor wire on the ECU.

[drifter_for_life06]

how long of "project" would ti turn out to be?

im thinking of getting a single pillar pod and an Autometer Phantom AFR

[ILikeMy240sx]

ehh... 1 hour maybe? not even...

taking the a-pillar cover off: 10 minsMatch up the pod, drill holes, snap on: 15 minsInstall & run wires: 30 mins

yeah... about an hour.

[drifter_for_life06]

thanks for the quick responses

AFR and pillar is next on my order list

[kuramaya]

yeah took me a whole 15 minutes to install mine, 1 wire to power, 1 wire to the ECU..cake man..just make sure you solder the wires and not cut them on your ecu

[drifter_for_life06]

with that in mind

anyone know if wal-mart carreis a soldering iron?

[kuramaya]

yes they do...should be in the hardware dept..15 bucks tops

[drifter_for_life06]

woot woot

going to me least favorite store int he world tomorrow

[ILikeMy240sx]

I used one of thse quick splicers... works like a charm

[drifter_for_life06]

maybe ill try that

then again im sure a soldering iron will come in handy downt he road somewhere

[drifter_for_life06]

anyone know where i can pick up an AFR gauge from Autometer for a good price?

[kuramaya]

autometer sucks

[Teamsprock]

Autometer does suck! And so do narrowband "air/fuel" gauges. Don't even bother installing one, the readings other than stoichometric(14.7:1) are incorrect as the stock o2 sensor is set to know only rich or lean. Not accurate for anything, unless your into the blinking light look and just want gauges for looks! If you want an a/f gauge get a wideband. Sorry if I seem like a jerk, but these gauges are pointless. IMO.

[DeatschWerks]

I'd have to agree. a narrowband afr monitor is more like an open/closed loop monitor. You would be better served putting your money somewhere else.

[drifter_for_life06]

Thanks guys

Anyone know where a wideband O2 can be found for cheap?

not necessarily cheap but a good deal

[Teamsprock]

http://www.zeitronix.com has really sweet widebands with datalogging, but if you want one with a gauge try the AEM UEGO, dynojet or get a PLX with the digital display. You can find them cheap on ebay, I'd recomend getting one that has the anolog output so you simply replace your stock narrowband with the wideband.

[kuramaya]

Some narrorw bands are good at WOT....but for closed loop they are pretty much useless