Topic: Wideband O2 sensor kit and Boost controller. (Read 1741 times)

Kiwimagic · « **on:** July 21, 2020, 02:04:14 AM »

Hi All
As I have now upgraded my Turbo (VJ11/VJ14) and ECU (Rocketchip) do I or should I be looking at up grading the narrow-band 02 sensor to a wide-band 02 sensor. Is my chipped ECU compatible with a wide-band 02 set up ?
The boost controller for the waste-gate is a simple "T" with a ball bearing and a spring. Is this good enough or should I purchase a waste-gate boost control kit.

cheers
Kiwimagic

chrispoe · « **Reply #1 on:** July 21, 2020, 08:46:33 AM »

The stock ecu will only work with narrow band O2 sensors.

Kiwimagic · « **Reply #2 on:** July 21, 2020, 09:09:08 PM »

Even a ECU with a Rocketchip fitted ??. Narrow-band only ??

chrispoe · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2020, 03:41:25 AM »

A Rocketchip won't matter, the complex programming code and the circuits required to make a wide-band O2 work are not present in the stock ecu.

Rocketman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2020, 03:15:50 PM »

The ECU can only read narrowband sensors.
Wideband operates on a different voltage range and scale than narrowband sensors.

Certain wideband controllers have a Narrowband Emulator that you can feed to the stock ECU, derived from the wideband signal. I had one of these systems on the GTXR2.

Generally you run both the narrowband for the ECU and the wideband for your monitoring purposes. You may have to weld a bung into the exhaust for the extra sensor.

The ball-spring style boost controllers have worked perfectly for me on my turbo cars.

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