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Old 2008-04-13, 07:02 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Kevin M View Post
Tuners will tell you that boost is #1, closely followed by EGT. Third is a tie between oil temp and fuel pressure IMO, but after the first two it's kind of a toss up if you're not spending time at the track. I personally still have a set of Defis I've been hanging on to forever- EGT, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp. Someday I may or may not add a boost gauge when I add, like, boost or something. But A/F is not even very useful for tuning, and totally useless when you aren't except for bling factor.

anyway, back to the subject more or less- widebands can compensate for being behind cats, but they lose precision and accuracy to some degree. Doesn't anybody make an uppipe yet with a spare bung for temporary AFR use?
Huh? WB is essential to tuning. Don't get tuned by anybody who says otherwise. Nothing else tells you what is happening as well in open loop. EGT is a lagging indicator and can lead you down the wrong path to a blown motor.

And in a turbo car, you don't want it in the up-pipe, as the temps are too high. Downpipe is the correct location for a WB.

Oh, and what Scott said.
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