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Old 03-27-2012 | 04:58 AM
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Ok. So with my Dezod turbo kit is it really needed to have wideband gauge?
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YES! you need to monitor if your engine if running lean or rich at idle, wot, partial throttle etc...
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one of the most important gauge when boosting
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Originally Posted by Jacked21
Ok. So with my Dezod turbo kit is it really needed to have wideband gauge?
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YES! you need to monitor if your engine if running lean or rich at idle, wot, partial throttle etc...
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one of the most important gauge when boosting
Agreed. I feel anytime you add forced compressed air (turbo or S/C) that you NEED a wideband 100% of the time to help monitor the system. It's a strong diagnostic tool.
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I don't plan on street tuning at all... Just plan on having the car tuned local and getting a conservative tune.
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Originally Posted by Jacked21
I don't plan on street tuning at all... Just plan on having the car tuned local and getting a conservative tune.
Regardless, you still want to know what's going with the engine's combustion cycle at all times.
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Ok. I know a lot of people don't run them with their turbo'd TC, but I picked up an AEM one locally yesterday. So now I have to pay a crap ton of money to have the s-pipe tapped and the bung welded in. This sucks.
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Originally Posted by Jacked21
Ok. I know a lot of people don't run them with their turbo'd TC, but I picked up an AEM one locally yesterday. So now I have to pay a crap ton of money to have the s-pipe tapped and the bung welded in. This sucks.
if you think that's a crap ton of money, then you have a long road ahead of you my friend.
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Originally Posted by Jacked21
Ok. I know a lot of people don't run them with their turbo'd TC, but I picked up an AEM one locally yesterday. So now I have to pay a crap ton of money to have the s-pipe tapped and the bung welded in. This sucks.
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if you think that's a crap ton of money, then you have a long road ahead of you my friend.
Seriously. It should be no more than $50-75 to have it welded into place. That is what we charge.

If you where running our kit, we already include the extra bung on the downpipe/s-pipe combo as our standard run on the item so you don't have to do that.
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if theres only 1 gauge you can get, it def be a wideband.. tons of things that can change the tune and not all the times you would notice how the car runs with that happens. Wideband helps you know something needs to be checked or if the tune remains awesum
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Originally Posted by paul_dezod
Seriously. It should be no more than $50-75 to have it welded into place. That is what we charge.

If you where running our kit, we already include the extra bung on the downpipe/s-pipe combo as our standard run on the item so you don't have to do that.
I did not notice a second bung on the s-pipe. Only 1 of them on the manifold and one on the s-pipe. And yes I have the Dezod kit.
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if you think that's a crap ton of money, then you have a long road ahead of you my friend.
seriously... 40 bucks is alot of money? why bother boosting then...
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seriously... 40 bucks is alot of money? why bother boosting then...
this...

Maybe it's time to take up knitting or something cheaper.
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Originally Posted by TCpete
seriously... 40 bucks is alot of money? why bother boosting then...
If $40 was alot of money and I paid for a turbo kit then how would it be a lot of money.....? It's adding to a lot of money. And I've called around and its over $100 at every place just to do the bung. Then pay to get the $300 worth of gauges installed. Just adding up.
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Originally Posted by Irishguy0224
this...

Maybe it's time to take up knitting or something cheaper.
I'm a bodybuilder. Not a knitter. Bodybuilding and the food that goes along with it cost me over $300 a week to eat right. So don't even go there.. Looks like I'm gonna stick with I/H/E.
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Originally Posted by Jacked21
I'm a bodybuilder. Not a knitter. Bodybuilding and the food that goes along with it cost me over $300 a week to eat right. So don't even go there.. Looks like I'm gonna stick with I/H/E.
lol maybe you should stick to one interest that you can afford then. Saying that seems like you can hardly afford to even feed yourself and build those muscles of yours...
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Originally Posted by Jacked21
If $40 was alot of money and I paid for a turbo kit then how would it be a lot of money.....? It's adding to a lot of money. And I've called around and its over $100 at every place just to do the bung. Then pay to get the $300 worth of gauges installed. Just adding up.
you can save money by installing the guages yourself. there are simple enough directions boxed in with the gauges when you buy them.

welding a bung can be done by any welder. buy the bung online and take it to a welder with the spipe and tell him to weld it in. it should not exceed more than 50-75 dollars (75 is reaaaally pushing it)...
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lol maybe you should stick to one interest that you can afford then. Saying that seems like you can hardly afford to even feed yourself and build those muscles of yours...
here goes the back and forth bullcrap that someone has to chime in on with no info other than to fell inferior of another so they feel the need to comment to feel better about themselves. And I can afford to feed myself, my daughter, my dog and my girl and put a roof over their head and have a paid off new car 2 years early bought new. I'm a cheap ___ aren't I ? There's things I want to out money in and things I chose to or not to put more money in. This is one of those that I choose not to keep going with.
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Originally Posted by Jacked21
here goes the back and forth bullcrap that someone has to chime in on with no info other than to fell inferior of another so they feel the need to comment to feel better about themselves. And I can afford to feed myself, my daughter, my dog and my girl and put a roof over their head and have a paid off new car 2 years early bought new. I'm a cheap ___ aren't I ? There's things I want to out money in and things I chose to or not to put more money in. This is one of those that I choose not to keep going with.
welcome to the internet bro. what people are trying to tell you is that once you turbo a car you will NEVER stop putting money into it. if you're trying to cheap out on something as important as a wideband o2, then you are doing it wrong. you might as well just go back to stock now while your motor is still running. it will save you tons.
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Originally Posted by brett561tc
welcome to the internet bro. what people are trying to tell you is that once you turbo a car you will NEVER stop putting money into it. if you're trying to cheap out on something as important as a wideband o2, then you are doing it wrong. you might as well just go back to stock now while your motor is still running. it will save you tons.
Oh believe me. I am today. And selling the Dezod turbo kit and management and gauges.



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