Here's my situation:

I was just speaking to the manager of a tuning shop (the tuner was busy) and he he was saying that I should get the aem uego wideband in order to get my car running perfectly.

My question is, is it absolutely necessary to have the uego wideband in to have it run smoothly? He was saying that it will make it easier for cold starts, wideopen throttle, part throttle and idle tuning and make everything much smoother. He also said that it connects directly to the aem ems and they work to help calibrate everything.

Finally, if I chose to install the uego wideband, the current model I have is a 1052 and I don't have the U option, do I have to get the aem or can I wire in a PLX to do all the exact same thing as the aem?

 

i wouldnt do my car wihtout a wideband and closed loop capability

 

So would the PLX uego wideband connect to the AEM EMS? Also, the guage is not absolutely necessary is it?

 

gauge is not totally necessary, thats up to you if you want to monitor. but it connecting to the aem ems box, and being used in the software is important. obviously aem's wideband will work with it, but i think the plx works too. it has an output that would be sent to the aem ems harness and setup as an input.

 

I would get the gauge. I have a AEM wideband w/ gauge and have used it o spot issues a couple times now. IMO when you go FI, you can never be too careful.

 

I just installed the new UEGO wideband on my car. and i have kpro. its just 3 wires you need to hook up. 12v power, ground, and one wire to the ECU (kpro or aem) very easy. everything else is on the person who tunes your car.