Stock Z32 ECU uses MAF and two narrow band oxygen sensors to adjust fuel. They are very inaccurate
for high performance and precision tuning. I talked in previous section about the MAF's nature of low acuracy and slow
responsiveness to sudden increase of air. Here we are going to look at oxygen sensors.
Narrow Band Oxygen Sensor:
- Reads 0-1volt
- Longer lasting
- Inexpensive
From the graph, you can clearly see A/F below 14.4 is read between 0.9-1V and A/F above 15.0 is read
between 0-0.1V. IMO, the leanest A/F is 12:1. I would not put anything leaner than 12.0:1 in my maps. The mid-point, 14.7:1
is the lambda value 1.
The critical voltage values from the stock NB O2 sensor are all sqeezed in 0.9-1V range, therefore
the name Narrow Band. This info is not useful at all. You see why the need for WideBand oxygen sensor.
Wide Band Oxygen Sensor:
- Output 0-5 volt
- Reads lambda values
- Accuracy < 0.1 air/fuel ratio
- Shorter life than Narrow band O2
- Expensive to replace
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This is a 5 wire wideband O2 sensor that's OE equipment on 92-95 civic 1.5 3 door. The Part# is:
36531-P07-003.
It's a NTK/NGK UEGO (Universal Exhaust Gas Oxygen) L1H1 sensor.
It's also the same sensor that comes in Bosch box. Part#: 13246.
New Bosch 5 wire LSU4 wideband oxygen sensor
- Inexpensive. $30-$50 Various OEM sensor for Volvo, GM, Porsche, VW...
- pump cell sensor similar to NTK L1H1.
- Resist exhaust pulsation for more stable reading.
- Wide range of AFR reading.
- Bosch part #s: 0 258 006 066 and 0 258 007 057. The two have different connectors.
There are a few wideband controllers that're compatible with LSU4 sensor. I recently brought a
DIY kit from www.wbo2.com. And whole kit including sensor, unit, cable and connectors cost me less than $200USD. I have not had a chance to calibrate
the unit and tune the car with it. Here're the outline of the features of unit. For more info, go to www.wbo2.com.
- linear wideband output, 0-5v.
- wide range of air/fuel ratio reading. Vary from 9:1 AFR (1 volt) to 14.7:1 stoich AFR (2.5 volt)
to 25:1 AFR (3.1 volt)
- stimulated narrowband output, 0-1v.
- datalogging. Connect to palm or PC through serial port.
- datalogging with rpm signal.
- error diagnose.
- optional display unit
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