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Old May 1, 2012 | 07:47 AM
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Alright so I hooked up my wideband last night and I was just wondering if the radio power was a good source? I measured it and it was pretty constant. And when I drive the afr jumps from about 14.5 to 15.2... Is that normal? also when I got the bung welded in it was pit at about a 5 degree angle opposed to the 15 suggested... Should I have it redone? Thanks guys
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Old May 2, 2012 | 07:54 PM
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Bump for help
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Old May 2, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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thats bout what mine reads.... then about dead nut 12.5 at WOT
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Old May 2, 2012 | 09:14 PM
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That generally the area for cruising. As long as it gioes down when at WOT.

IDK about the voltage of the radio harness being ok tho.
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Old May 2, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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I would like to know too cuz i got my power from my radio but mine reads high 14's all the time cuz i need to retune it for my converter ...
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Old May 2, 2012 | 09:43 PM
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The radio seems okay for the few days ive had it... I wanted to hook it to a fuse box but I don't know how to write those... a walk through would be amazing
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Old May 2, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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Just get an add a fuse for the fuse box and wire it to something that has constant power even when the motor is cranking. On my 2011 it was labeled "Misc Ignition" I believe it was #43. I don't know what wire you tapped into for the radio but make sure it has constant power from when you turn the key and continues while starting.

As far as it jumping around that's normal. When cruising mine looks like a dancing light show, it's when you get on it that you want it to steady out at whatever you have your WOT AFR set at.
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Old May 2, 2012 | 10:13 PM
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i got mine hooked up to the battery but have a fuse and a toggle switch easy enough
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Old May 3, 2012 | 07:15 AM
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Okay yea at wot its stable, ill go check out oreilys for a add a fuse kit thingy lol
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Old May 3, 2012 | 09:11 PM
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On my GTO, I used a tap-a-fuse on the windshield wiper circuit. The radio is fairly low amps. Ideal AFR when cruising is 14.7, you'll see it jump around low 14's to low 15's. No worries.
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