Well, I got a new WB from bnecustoms today.
It uses the Bosch sensor.
Hooking it up was a matter of grafting on a cigarette lighter adapter, screwing it in, and plugging the cables together. Actual installation time for everything was less then 30 mins..
The GN is being GN today, and not cooperating with a Gen VI so rather then arm wrestle everything today, I installed the WB in my truck. 91 3/4t 454. I'd been doing some chips for it, and had been running my DIY-WB on it for the last couple months, so I have a pretty good idea where the fuel AFRs are. Being open loop calibration, I have the AFRs set all over the place, and the BNE unit seems to be really if not dead on close.
And it's almost Instant On.
Now the trick is if the heater circuit is right, and doesn't kill the sensor.
Being's it's on my primary vehicle, it'll get a bit of a work out, quickly. When I get the GN cooperating again, then I'll swap it over to it, where I have several WB bungs and can test it in series with a known.
For using this in leiu of the stock sensor takes a few bits of wiring, and for the moment I don't have the time and energy to splice into the truck harness to see how well it compares to the stock sensor. But, shortly I'll get around to doing the splice, and doing a closed loop chip, and see where we are.
To be REALLY nitpicky,
The red LED display will seem dim in bright light.
The update rate, on the LED display is almost too fast.
It also displays AFR to .xx so there is alot of allmost flickering the display changes so much.
If the sensor lasts, for the price this looks to be a winner.
I don't mean to harp on this heater control subject, but I got stung, when I bought a WB that wasn't right. To some $50-60 might not seem like alot, but to me, that's enough to matter.
I'll be updating this thread as events develope.
Cheers
www.bnecustoms.com
It uses the Bosch sensor.
Hooking it up was a matter of grafting on a cigarette lighter adapter, screwing it in, and plugging the cables together. Actual installation time for everything was less then 30 mins..
The GN is being GN today, and not cooperating with a Gen VI so rather then arm wrestle everything today, I installed the WB in my truck. 91 3/4t 454. I'd been doing some chips for it, and had been running my DIY-WB on it for the last couple months, so I have a pretty good idea where the fuel AFRs are. Being open loop calibration, I have the AFRs set all over the place, and the BNE unit seems to be really if not dead on close.
And it's almost Instant On.
Now the trick is if the heater circuit is right, and doesn't kill the sensor.
Being's it's on my primary vehicle, it'll get a bit of a work out, quickly. When I get the GN cooperating again, then I'll swap it over to it, where I have several WB bungs and can test it in series with a known.
For using this in leiu of the stock sensor takes a few bits of wiring, and for the moment I don't have the time and energy to splice into the truck harness to see how well it compares to the stock sensor. But, shortly I'll get around to doing the splice, and doing a closed loop chip, and see where we are.
To be REALLY nitpicky,
The red LED display will seem dim in bright light.
The update rate, on the LED display is almost too fast.
It also displays AFR to .xx so there is alot of allmost flickering the display changes so much.
If the sensor lasts, for the price this looks to be a winner.
I don't mean to harp on this heater control subject, but I got stung, when I bought a WB that wasn't right. To some $50-60 might not seem like alot, but to me, that's enough to matter.
I'll be updating this thread as events develope.
Cheers
www.bnecustoms.com
