Wideband gauges/kits - Innovate, AEM etc

[Iain]

Would like a permanently installed wideband in the Nova

Innovate MTX-L looks like a nice kit with everything in, how are peoples experiences with this?

Also see AEM kits for reasonable money and Stack for a little more.

[Will F]

Icant go wrong with innovate, Aem are also fine, so it comes down to budget really.

[Iain]

Well these permanent kits with a sensor and gauge come in at around £150 for AEM and Innovate, so just checking they're up to the job. And how the MTX-L kit compares with the LC1/2 gear etc.

[Nobby]

Mine is a AEM setup was bout £170 from EFI parts on ebay. Had no issues.

[brucer]

AEM here too, cant fault it.

[turbo-boy]

aem here good bit of kit

[meritlover]

Zeitronix gives the best reponse times over the innovate (used to when i bought mine anyway)
most of them all use the Bosch LSU sensor anyway so they're all much of a muchness.

all comes down to the software and what you're preferences are.

[Benn]

I bought a Innovate MTX-L kit. But after reading about having to reset and calibrate them alot i went off them. So swapped to a AEM. Which i will be fitting soon.

[millworm]

aem in my saloon and had no issues with it.

[Lee H]

AEM in my MR2 turbo, again no issues.

[Iain]

I bought a Innovate MTX-L kit. But after reading about having to reset and calibrate them alot i went off them. So swapped to a AEM. Which i will be fitting soon.

I read something about innovate checking for faultsand ccalibration where as others don't and just give false readings? Not sure how much truth there is in that mind.

Aem seem popular then!

[Iain]

The Innovate looks like it has some additional features (outputs for ECU and data logging) and some nice interchangagble fascias so I'll go with an MTX-L I think :)

[Iain]

Changed my mind, AEM has a better Bosch air sensor LSU 4.9 opposed to Innovate's 4.2 and does away with free air calibration. :)

[Stuart]

the innovative stuff (didnt at the very least) doesnt adhere fully to the bosch sensor spec so "can" eat sensors or give incorrect readings etc... This was a while ago so hopefully they have fixed that but its enough to put me off lol

[Iain]

That ties up with what I've read yeah, the kit with the better sensor not requiring free air calibration sounds like the best route though.

[meritlover]

The Innovate looks like it has some additional features (outputs for ECU and data logging) and some nice interchangagble fascias so I'll go with an MTX-L I think :)

what do you plan to use it for?

[Iain]

Just in car keeping an eye on things. Puting some carbs on so want to see if it's safe to use before getting them set up.

[jeremy fisher]

I use a 14point7 controller. Was very reasonably priced. Don't think they do that model any more but they do many others. Probably more applicable if you want more features and inputs to expand in the future, some also have built in data logging which is always nice.
http://www.14point7.com/pages/products

[Stuart]

Ive got one of the original kits built and sat doing nothing having never been fitted to a car lol

Wow the prices have shot up lol, they have even done away with the dinky module you could solder down to a board... ok they do the OEM one but thats still nearly double the price and not the same as the old OEM thing they did.

[Iain]

Bit of a confusing site, I just want to plug something in and see a number a this stage really lol

[jeremy fisher]

Yeah, not quite the bargains they used to be. Think it was just a one man operation when I got mine, seems to have grown somewhat since then.