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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 07:07 PM
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Intercepter + Wideband?

So, i have a ZZP pillar comming and would like to get a wideband going with it but i am a little confused. I know you can hook up a wideband to the intercepter for a readout but what does this consist of? me jsut ordering a sensor and jsut wiring it to the gauge VIA signal wire?

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I dont want a wideband gauge, i want to be able to use the wideband feature on the intercepter.
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dont think you can
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the interceptor gauge for the SS/TC's read wideband through the OBDII. nothing else needed. the car has 2 widebands stock
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dont think you can
Well you can jsut want to know how.

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the interceptor gauge for the SS/TC's read wideband through the OBDII. nothing else needed. the car has 2 widebands stock
true widebands? or jsut reading from teh 02 sensors..? also if i order th 2.2 ones they work for the LNF?

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Originally Posted by mkulrey13
Well you can jsut want to know how.



true widebands? or jsut reading from teh 02 sensors..? also if i order th 2.2 ones they work for the LNF?
the vehicle has wideband sensors stock
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so if i installed a bung and the AEM wideband i'd get the same readings...? gm is not this smart..no way so will the 2.2 intercepters work for the LNF?
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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sorry to thread jack....... but could i make a wideband work with an interceptor on a 2.2?
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sorry to thread jack....... but could i make a wideband work with an interceptor on a 2.2?
no point...buy a wideband

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so if i installed a bung and the AEM wideband i'd get the same readings...? gm is not this smart..no way so will the 2.2 intercepters work for the LNF?
yes, the CN type

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You can wire a interceptor to read afr, you use a wideband o2 sensor to one of the interceper annolog signal wires. how you do it i dont know, but i know thts how its done.

However i dont think its easy to read, i find it hard to read anything that changes on the intercepter rapdly. such as rpm or pulse width. i dont know if thats just me, i have the aem wideband and i love it
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no point...buy a wideband
im talking if i go turbo
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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im talking if i go turbo
uhhh...im not sure what you are talking about. in this case its cheaper since the SS/TC has widebands stock, it just needs a gauge to display it.
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You can wire a interceptor to read afr, you use a wideband o2 sensor to one of the interceper annolog signal wires. how you do it i dont know, but i know thts how its done.

However i dont think its easy to read, i find it hard to read anything that changes on the intercepter rapdly. such as rpm or pulse width. i dont know if thats just me, i have the aem wideband and i love it
You do know that you can select the speed that the gauge changes it values, right? I believe it is 6 different speeds
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oh ****, yeah i wasn't looking at your whip.. tc has em built in.. sc does not my b
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what are you guys talking about the Cobalt SS/TC has "widebands" stock? the only one that can read AFR's is the 09 because it has that big ass gauge that reads a few things. but this is what you should do. if you have an aftermarket downpipe then it should have 2 bungs in it (one for the 02 sensor and one for a wideband(just in case you get one)) or you could ask them to weld in a bung for you. buy an AEM wideband and put the sensor that comes with the AEM wideband into the 2nd bung. then buy an aeroforce scangauge so you can monitor knock and timing. explain better to me how the SS/TC's have two "widebands" stock...
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my friend has an interceptor or two in his t/c. he basically has it hooked up in the same place where you would hook up a tech2 or an HPT cable (not sure what that thing is called). But if i understand correctly, there should be like a guage you can get at the dealership called an RPD that'll read your AFR's and boost and some other stuff without needing to buy all the other guages. It just goes in place of your stock boost guage. Only reason why I know about it is cuz i plan on getting it as soon as I can get funds for a new t/c.
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Originally Posted by SRTrent
what are you guys talking about the Cobalt SS/TC has "widebands" stock? the only one that can read AFR's is the 09 because it has that big ass gauge that reads a few things. but this is what you should do. if you have an aftermarket downpipe then it should have 2 bungs in it (one for the 02 sensor and one for a wideband(just in case you get one)) or you could ask them to weld in a bung for you. buy an AEM wideband and put the sensor that comes with the AEM wideband into the 2nd bung. then buy an aeroforce scangauge so you can monitor knock and timing. explain better to me how the SS/TC's have two "widebands" stock...
most manufacturers are actually starting to move towards wideband o2 sensors to improve efficiency so they can see A/F more clearly. the SS/TC uses 2 wideband sensors for the vehicle itself. now if they didnt get the RPD(performance display that shows A/F) they can get another gauge that will display it, reading right off of the OBDII
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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the scangauge works with the OBDII right? so would it read AFR's from that?
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Originally Posted by SRTrent
the scangauge works with the OBDII right? so would it read AFR's from that?
yep aeroforce or dash hawk both work as i have seen on here
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so if i were to find a tc for parts and snag an o2 sensor i could hook this up with a wideband gauge in my ls and it would work as a wideband sensor that way???
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so if i were to find a tc for parts and snag an o2 sensor i could hook this up with a wideband gauge in my ls and it would work as a wideband sensor that way???
is it really worth all the trouble? buy an AEM, you can find them cheap
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 10:06 PM
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so where are the two wideband sensors at in the SS/TC's? gotta be in the exhaust somewhere right? and does the computer give you a reading of what your AFR's are?
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Originally Posted by BLAZIN07SS
is it really worth all the trouble? buy an AEM, you can find them cheap
not cheap enough
if only there were tc's in local junk yards...the sensor would be $free.50 cheap
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