I'm hopefully going to be doing a bit of mapping of my little project car next year.

I want something that I can easily port between cars, as you never know, might do a turbo conversion on say a little honda or something at some point

I've got a budget of about 200 quid including sensor.

I had a look at the LM-1 stuff, but honestly, I'm just completely flabbergasted at all the technical mumbo-jumbo and totally lost as what to get.

What the "real" mappers use seems quite useful, i.e. something that you attach to the tail pipe that can be easily ported to other cars

Any help appreciated.

 

Wrong section... Could a mod move to gen tech, please?

 

I've just had fitted an LC-1 and DB-Blue gauge. Perfect for what I need it for and about £170 or so. Trying perm install in the back of the exhaust, just after back box, not ideal but should be a good indication of how things are working. Been in the car 4 weeks, took out a calibrated LM-1 and the readings were spot on.

 

The LC-1 rig can allegedly be fitted instead of the standard narrow band sensor in the downpipe or headers.
It has a dual narrow and wide band outputs, so that the standard ECU can have the narrow band signal with wideband to a gauge or other read-out.

Anyone have practical experience of running like this?

nick

 

Only problem for me was calibration. I wanted it somewhere reasonably easy to get to. And temperature (not too close to turbo)

 

the wideband feature apparently doesn't work on a new-age ecu The new-age has a semi-wideband already apparently.

I was looking at the LC-1 as well as one of my friends has one (but in the wrong country, unfortunately), but it seems a bit painful to move it between cars...

I'm actually contemplating something like the JAW (JAW) purely as it's cheap and cheerful and could be easily ported between cars.

Or possibly the LM-1, which doesn't have a 52mm gauge, but it does look the business. Over budget, though, unfortunately (LM-1 Wideband O2 Digital Air/ Fuel Ratio Meter | Lambda Sensor Controller)