boostedcivicsir

like the topic says. i have the aem wideband, and i know it cant tell changes in timming. but i am wondering, i am about to delete radio and put boost controller and turbo timer in its place. should i leave room for an egt? do you feel that an egt is necessary? when we were racing buicks, all we needed was a knock detector. far cry from todays technology. t.i.a.

blueturbo4door

i dont think you need and egt gauge if you have the wideband. the wideband will be more accurate than the egt any way. someone please correct me if i am wrong.

vtec.dc2

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostedcivicsir &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">like the topic says. i have the aem wideband, and i know it cant tell changes in timming. but i am wondering, i am about to delete radio and put boost controller and turbo timer in its place. should i leave room for an egt? do you feel that an egt is necessary? when we were racing buicks, all we needed was a knock detector. far cry from todays technology. t.i.a.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i wouldn't bother with egt if you have a/f meter.. its never a bad thing to have more readings, but you can go around without egt.

mskibbz-T

Get an EGT gauge when you can, mine is invaluable... A wideband is great, but for daily driving I find my EGT gauge much more useful under hard driving. Get familiar with what your EGT should be at under certain circumstances and if it is ever drastically different then you know somethin is wrong. In conjunction with an AFR gauge its a great monitoring tool.

Bailhatch

A wideband O2 can't be more accurate than an EGT. They measure two entirely different things. Both together is more usefull then each alone if you know what your looking at. I would do more research about the WB you already have before picking up somehting new to learn.

boostedcivicsir

i remember egt's from the buick days. it will tell differences in timming. thats cant be told by the wideband. money being an issue right know, i think the wideband will be enough. thanks for the input.

mskibbz-T

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It can tell a lot more than just timing once you are familiar with it, but I would definitely get a wideband before an egt gauge... I do recommend getting an EGT gauge as soon as you can afford one tho