El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,035 Member For: 9y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 19/07/17 01:17 AM Share Posted 19/07/17 01:17 AM Anyone had any horror stories with the Innovate Mtx-l wideband before I pull the trigger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,904 Member For: 9y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 19/07/17 02:03 AM Share Posted 19/07/17 02:03 AM I bought an LC-1 about 7 years ago and it still works. The plastic face of the gauge has a slight crack in it from in-car heat and I had to replace the sensor once due to engine flooding. I think you'd be pretty safe with this purchase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 19/07/17 02:39 AM Author Share Posted 19/07/17 02:39 AM MTX-L are a good unit. Have one in my car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,035 Member For: 9y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 19/07/17 02:52 AM Share Posted 19/07/17 02:52 AM Thanks guys - done. Grabbed the Plus version as it wasn't much more. Just a re-release with apparently faster sampling times. Will help me learn a bit about how the AFRs behave in various circumstances before I go changing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,904 Member For: 9y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 19/07/17 03:07 AM Share Posted 19/07/17 03:07 AM Just a tip with output signal rates; You want them fast as possible for data logging to get a more complete data set but for a self tuning, live tuning situation you want to slow the output down a bit so you get a more stable and consistent number to adjust from. As for the gauge signal rate just use whatever you prefer to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,035 Member For: 9y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 19/07/17 03:28 AM Share Posted 19/07/17 03:28 AM Makes sense, thanks. Will be interesting to see if it defaults to slower output on the gauge display or if that's customisable with the software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,904 Member For: 9y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 19/07/17 04:07 AM Share Posted 19/07/17 04:07 AM Iirc both channels are configurable on the lc1 but it's been a while since I played with the software so I can't remember what speed they are set to as default. Of course things may be different as you will have a different model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 19/07/17 07:23 AM Author Share Posted 19/07/17 07:23 AM MTX-L outputs are configurable with logworks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Member 249 Member For: 13y 2m 30d Posted 19/07/17 08:40 AM Share Posted 19/07/17 08:40 AM (edited) Ive had a MTX for a year on my turbo Rotary, sensor died within 2000km of street use. Innovate wheren't overalls helpfull and a bit of a pain to liaise with due to time zones. I'd made sure to wire n plumb the unit 100% as per instructions knowing the reputation the company has for warranty claims. After explaining to them the short sensor life they just said: #cosrotary. Well documented that the sensors don't like rich mixtures n oil in the fuel, but others have had much success with other brands in Rotaries. My tuner does alot of rotaries and said his sensors last a lot longer than that on his dyno, hopefully I just got a dud one first up. Communication to the gauge is via serial port aswell which is very 2005.... If I was to purchase again , I'd buy this : https://www.bmotorsports.com/shop/product_info.php/cPath/103_107/products_id/357/ Edited 19/07/17 08:49 AM by Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,904 Member For: 9y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 19/07/17 09:10 AM Share Posted 19/07/17 09:10 AM It's a bummer that your sensor died so soon. Maybe the dyno one lasted longer due to tail pipe use vs dump pipe placement? When I installed my lc1 into my ford it was already 5 years old. I replaced the sensor at install due to the previous one being flooded with ethanol and it hasn't had an issue for the last 10k km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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