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Old 05-15-2008, 04:40 PM   #14 (permalink)
steensn
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A laptop cannot make it run leaner because your engine still doesn't have the proper sensors to maintain a lean mixture.
The laptop SW set would change the mixture setting to run leaner. We have lots of OEM SW interface tools at work that you can modify settings on different control modules to change settings. Just like someone wanting to run richer, you could use it to run leaner by modifying the flash memory. I just don't think I could get access to a 1996 Ford Aspire setup. What you are changing is the control algorithm rather than the sensor. The settings are not fixed, you just have to be able to change them.

So my best bet is what you have done and that is to get a wideband sensor... so, where do you get one? What modifications have you made? Is there already a thread on this? Any results?
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