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The story so far.

Thanks Fen, the autometer documentation also says (now i have finished reading it) when the manamgement system is in open loop (full throttle) it should indicate rich, but if I am gettting black smoke otu the back I assume I am slightly too far up the rich scale currently.

I'll just have to get those Guru chips in and book a rolling road session (once I am decided on which FPR anyway)

Tony
 
Based on the face of the LambdaLink Digital gauge (I want, I want!)
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I believe this is the guage that Mr Cannell bought through Danno. It does look the nuts. That said, for the price, it should.

The down side is, I believe, he has been having problems with the metering, he has sugested that it is reading backwards? [8|]
 
There is a UK supplier for £195 all-in. I rather suspect that (should I buy one) I might just go that route. An alternative is that a very good friend lives in Christchurch (not Tony's, the copy on the other side of the world) where they are made and he is coming to visit next month. I have better things to spend £200 right now though - like bearings, rings, studs and gaskets - so I will probably wait.

What does an alternative cost? £70. OK it's a lot more, but I much prefer the dial / needle look to the coloured bar graph ones.
 
Fen I know, but, I have 2 the 2 FPRs though so I am tempted to try the S2 one as it will bolt straight on ( I ordered it before you pointed out the discussion on rennlist) - if I find it is too rich / lean I can take it off again and go with the guru one + adaptor.

ref the AFM gauge I believe Ricks gauge is also much deeper than a standard gauge so may not fit in some gauge pods.

One other thing I think with the autometer gauge I have mounted on the A pillar it may be annoying driving in the dark - I haven't tried yet but the flashing back and forth in the corner of your eye could well be distracting - It's ok at full throttle and when lifting off though [;)]

Tony
 
I think my AFR gauge will be going in the hole vacated by the clock that now lives in the cab. i haven't checked yet, but that should be plenty deep enough for any gauge. It does look deep on their avi of it working - and also like it's finished as if it can be surface mounted - it has a shiny housing I think.
 
ref the AFM gauge I believe Ricks gauge is also much deeper than a standard gauge so may not fit in some gauge pods
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That rings a bell with me as well.

I have been reading this thread with interest being in the "I should get an AFM guage" frame of mind. The down side is that, as I don't have a Lambda sensor, I'm going to have to get one welded into the exhaust - bit of a pain and expense over and above that of the guage.
 
John, You are in the same boat as me then as I don't have a lambda either (decat from factory)

However you should possibly have the screw bung already on your crossover pipe, so just need a £20 universal lambda to screw into it. I checked mine and it does have the bung.

The factory sensor plugs into a three point connector at the back of the camcover (where the flywheel sensor plugs are, you should have a blanking plug in it) and I recently discovered that the three way plug is the same as on the headlamps, so if you get one of them from a scrappy it should all plug in nicely.

I think I will put an AFR in my cubby (so the lights don't annnoy me) and relocate my boost gauge to the pillar (like Tony's)
 
I think I will put an AFR in my cubby (so the lights don't annnoy me) and relocate my boost gauge to the pillar (like Tony's)
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That was my conclusion. Great minds think alike.

I do have the bung on the cross over pipe. It periodically gets coated with oil that comes out the back of the engine some where [:mad:]. That struck me as the ideal place to mount the sensor but someone, Rick I think, didn't think it would work there. I don't know why, I can't see any reason why it shouldn't.

The loom plug you described, where does this come out in the car? Shouldn't I just run a new ignition switched line?
 
Dunno [:)]

I imagine it runs stright to the DME. I need to put a meter on mine to see if it is actualy live. If it is then I'd plug the Lamda in there, and splice the AFR gauge wires into it and back through the grommet below the wiper motor.

I don't understand why the standard bung is not a good place for the sensor????
 
I am fairly certain that the lambda sensor on my car is further up towards the turbo in a vertical section of pipe - I assume as oil drips onto it you are talking about the horizontal section?

Tony
 
I assume as oil drips onto it you are talking about the horizontal section?
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That'll be the one. You can see the bung if you look down by the side of the exhaust manifold. It sits on top of the cross pipe. Strikes me as an excellent position - appart from getting covered in oil. [8|]
 
Sounds like you have bungs in different places then, Pauls sounds samee as standard so should be fine, John - different position but don't really know why it shouldn't work, Rick?

I have now driven my car in the dark a few times and AF gauge isnt too annoying - does remind be a bit of knight rider though - I'm waiting for it to start commenting on my driving [;)]

Tony
 
John,
On my horizontal section of exhaust (manifold side of engine) I have the 'sniffer' pipe for testing emisions before the cat (when it was hiding in there [:D]) maybe you have a bung in the lambda sensor position as well - in the vertical pipe below the turbo.
Tony
 
Oh and Paul in addition to my Lambda sensor plug I also have a 3 pin (diagnostic?) plug with a rubber cover this is 3 prongs (male) and the lambda sensor is (2 male 1 female or 2 female 1 male depending on which end).

One last thing in the end I just fitted my guru FPR and cut the end off my standard fuel pipe - it was long enough to fit.

Tony
 
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