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Old Jun 16, 2004 | 10:10 PM
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PLX Widebands----> Any good?

Has anyone tried the PLX widebands?
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Old Jun 18, 2004 | 08:22 AM
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im using it in my car, real accurate. compared to our local dynojet. also i like that its smaller that the tech edge one so it fits right over the radio and also has a narrow band wire so u can send it to a stoich meter if u have one
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Old Jun 19, 2004 | 12:58 PM
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Which model do you have?

I was looking at the 300, and was going to figure out how to wire it to my datalogit.
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Old Jun 19, 2004 | 04:56 PM
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i think i have the 300 also. real easy to hook up
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Old Jun 20, 2004 | 08:07 PM
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im using the 300 also, nice thing about it is a replacement O2 is very cheap from your local VW dealer. Its good to know this b/c racegas is slowly killing it(leaded).
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Old Jun 20, 2004 | 08:11 PM
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does it have the necessary outputs so that it can be hooked up to a datalogit?
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Old Jun 20, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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as long as u can feed your datalogic a single feed wire, that should be fine
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Old Jun 20, 2004 | 11:47 PM
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Its good to know this b/c racegas is slowly killing it(leaded).
probably a little more than slowly .

have you compared your readings from the leaded gas to unleaded? i was curious to see if it would still be accurate, but i wasn't sure how fast the lead would kill the sensor, so i haven't tried it yet.
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Old Jun 21, 2004 | 12:22 PM
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Well mine lasted about 3,000 miles then this morning it flat lined. Ive only used leaded race gas so i have no comparisons for unleaded race fuel. It was very accurate when using the leaded, just short lived. It so easy to install im going to have one i use for the strip then one i install for pumpgas. I just ordered a new one from vw, cost was 39.00.
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Old Jun 21, 2004 | 12:23 PM
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Well mine lasted about 3,000 miles then this morning it flat lined. Ive only used leaded race gas so i have no comparisons for unleaded race fuel. It was very accurate when using the leaded, just short lived. It so easy to install im going to have one i use for the strip then one i install for pumpgas. I just ordered a new one from vw, cost was 39.00.
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Old Jun 22, 2004 | 06:30 AM
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I just ordered a new one from vw, cost was 39.00.
i gotta configure my techedge for the vdub sensor--that's cheap!!!

still, 3k miles is good. that'd be fine to tune from if i had to do it every now and then. i may just buy an extra sensor and keep it handy for when it dies.
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Old Jun 22, 2004 | 12:43 PM
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Website info please?
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Old Jun 22, 2004 | 02:49 PM
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plxdevices.com if i remember correctly.

i was gonna get one of those, but they didn't have the datalogging model when i was looking.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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They have one that u can use to convert the WB signal to drive a Autometer (it makes the autometer read like a wb) .. was checking it out today on the web looked hot!
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