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  • Wideband install suggestions.

    I am looking for a place to install my Display in my SVO. I am curious to see where everyone else has there's mounted.

    Here is my idea. I am going to purchase a JAW wideband and install it where the factory clock is. I have seen it done before and it looks sweet. But any other suggestions would be nice.
    85 SVO 2A

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    that's where I'm putting mine, make sure you get the reverse mount lcd...
    Eric C
    SVOCA Webmaster

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    • #3
      I used a radio delete plate. Looks like I'm running a bit lean in this picture.

      To make up for the lack of a radio, I built a small amplifier and installed it where the factory amplifier was. I ran a cable and a hardwired iPod charger to the glove box to play an iPod or any MP3 player through the speakers.
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      '86 running MegaSquirt

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      • #4
        stuck mine in the dash vent.
        redneck engineered 84 2a, stock 84 1D.

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        • #5
          After comparing prices on the JAW,Aem, Innovative. I might pass on the JAW and pickup something else. I have a western motorsports wideband in my ford ranger. It works great with the SDS.
          85 SVO 2A

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          • #6
            probably a good decision. there's nothing wrong with the JAW, BUT when you consider all the work you have to do to get it in usable condition, you're just as well off to buy a complete unit.
            Eric C
            SVOCA Webmaster

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            • #7
              I Just Picked Up An Aem I Just Need The Bung Welded In The Down Pipe And I Will Be Good To Go
              86 1c
              Troy
              PEOPLE HAVE MORE FUN THAN ANYONE

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              • #8
                Originally posted by SVOeric View Post
                probably a good decision. there's nothing wrong with the JAW, BUT when you consider all the work you have to do to get it in usable condition, you're just as well off to buy a complete unit.
                What work? I thought you could buy it fully assembled, with a fully assembled display, for much less money than any other comparable setup. If you know how to solder, you can save even more money, and it looks like a very easy kit to assemble.
                '86 running MegaSquirt

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by sar4497 View Post
                  What work? I thought you could buy it fully assembled, with a fully assembled display, for much less money than any other comparable setup. If you know how to solder, you can save even more money, and it looks like a very easy kit to assemble.
                  You can. But then you need a case for it and a good ventilation setup for the case so it doesn't over heat and then something to protect the display also. I mean it wouldn't be that much work at all really. But i can get a used AEM for 80 bucks without the sensor. Or a LC-2 with a sensor for 130.00
                  85 SVO 2A

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by QuickSix View Post
                    But i can get a used AEM for 80 bucks without the sensor. Or a LC-2 with a sensor for 130.00
                    I probably wouldn't buy a used wideband controller or sensor, just due to their finicky nature. I've also never heard of the LC-2...do you mean LC-1?

                    You'd still have to buy a display and possibly configure it.
                    '86 running MegaSquirt

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by sar4497 View Post
                      I probably wouldn't buy a used wideband controller or sensor, just due to their finicky nature. I've also never heard of the LC-2...do you mean LC-1?

                      You'd still have to buy a display and possibly configure it.
                      Yes sorry it is a LC-1 with a DB blue led gauge.
                      85 SVO 2A

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by QuickSix View Post
                        Yes sorry it is a LC-1 with a DB blue led gauge.
                        That's a smokin' price if you can get it all with the sensor for $130, though the red gauge would look better in the SVO interior. The picture I posted earlier in this thread is the red DB gauge hooked up to the LC-1. I'd be curious to know why the seller is selling -- it is such an electrically sensitive device that it might have caused the previous owner a lot of headaches.
                        '86 running MegaSquirt

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by sar4497 View Post
                          That's a smokin' price if you can get it all with the sensor for $130, though the red gauge would look better in the SVO interior. The picture I posted earlier in this thread is the red DB gauge hooked up to the LC-1. I'd be curious to know why the seller is selling -- it is such an electrically sensitive device that it might have caused the previous owner a lot of headaches.
                          Here is what he told me. The guy is local to me also.

                          I'll sell you a used LC-1 with a DB blue led gauge for $140. Everything works, I just never got around to installing it. I bought it off a friend who used it on his turbo miata and when I purchased it from him it was in working condition. Im running a keydiver chip now so I have no use for it.
                          85 SVO 2A

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by QuickSix View Post
                            You can. But then you need a case for it and a good ventilation setup for the case so it doesn't over heat and then something to protect the display also. I mean it wouldn't be that much work at all really. But i can get a used AEM for 80 bucks without the sensor. Or a LC-2 with a sensor for 130.00
                            and finding something that looks nice, not like a 3rd grade science expirement gone wrong is not as easy as it sounds.
                            Eric C
                            SVOCA Webmaster

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by SVOeric View Post
                              and finding something that looks nice, not like a 3rd grade science expirement gone wrong is not as easy as it sounds.
                              Nobody installs their wideband controller in plain view. My 3rd grade science experiments (MegaSquirt, home built amplifier) are hidden. Fitting a digital display to a panel is cake.
                              '86 running MegaSquirt

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