DIY_EFI Digest Wednesday, August 25 1999 Volume 04 : Number 488 In this issue: Re: DIY_EFI Digest V4 #487 Wide range O2 sensor Igniton coils Off Topic 1960 Thunderbird See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the DIY_EFI or DIY_EFI-Digest mailing lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:06:53 -0600 From: bearbvd@xxx.net (Greg Hermann) Subject: Re: DIY_EFI Digest V4 #487 >In a previous post someone mentioned that the stock O2 sensors have a >very narrow band for mixture tuning and that to get an O2 sensor that >had a broader window would be very expensive. > >Ok. Where do I go to buy such an O2 sensor? What's the part number? >Is it possible to get a datasheet on the device? > >Thanks, > >John > You need a controller as well as the sensor. Try doing a word search on in the archives for a starter. A regular O2 sensor should not be regarded as anything more than a switch that tells you rich or lean! A sensor for a '93 to '95 Honda VTEC will be the right sensor for a lot less money than anywhere else, (about $110, Jobber) but that does not solve the controller problem. Greg ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 06:55:36 -0700 From: garfield@xxx.com (Gar Willis) Subject: Wide range O2 sensor On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:43:07 -0700 "John Dammeyer" wrote: >In a previous post someone mentioned that the stock O2 sensors have a >very narrow band for mixture tuning and that to get an O2 sensor that >had a broader window would be very expensive. > >Ok. Where do I go to buy such an O2 sensor? What's the part number? >Is it possible to get a datasheet on the device? Search the archives using the following keys: UEGO, [wideband, wide-band, or "wide band"], EGOR, NTK, Horiba, etc.. WAY too much water over the damn to regurgitate it here. And it's NOT so simple as just "buying a part", as you'll see. Personally, I'd start with EGOR, but that's just me. :) Gar ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:27:16 +0200 (MET DST) From: Fredrik Skog Subject: Igniton coils Hi! Can someone please enlighten me in how to decide how much current I can put into my coil. I have a coil from a Alfa Romeo 155 and it is of the waste-spark type. It has a primary resistance of 0.9 ohms. I think I have wasted one coil already due to my lack of knowledge. I just pumped 12 volts into it and it sparked a few times but then went dead. I have one more but I don't want to kill this one too. Do I have to know what voltage the Alfa puts into the coil to know this or can I calculate/guess what it is in some way? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanx! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Student at the Department of Computing Science Umeå University Fredrik Skog E-mail: c95fsg@xxx.se Taffelstråket 51 WWW: http://www.acc.umu.se/~skog 903 53 Umeå Phone: +46-(0)90-136365 Mobile: +46-(0)70-3041729 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:34:52 -0500 From: Clarence Wood Subject: Off Topic 1960 Thunderbird Hi all, sorry for the off topic mail but I need some advice: I have found a 1960 Thunderbird in excellent shape, original engine. Where can I go to find out the value of this car? Thanks and please reply to me off list. 1982 280ZX Turbo GL 1966 El Camino 1982 Yamaha Maxim XJ-1101J Motorcycle 1975 Honda CB750 SS (black engine) 1986 Snapper Comet lawn mower Clarence Wood Software&Such... clarencewood@xxx.net Savannah, TN. ------------------------------ End of DIY_EFI Digest V4 #488 ***************************** To subscribe to DIY_EFI-Digest, send the command: subscribe diy_efi-digest in the body of a message to "Majordomo@xxx. A non-digest (direct mail) version of this list is also available; to subscribe to that instead, replace "diy_efi-digest" in the command above with "diy_efi".