But herein lies the major issue- it can only do that if everything is set properly out of the gate. People jack around with the IABV and solenoid height positions, and even rich/lean stops all the time and when those are out of whack, the CCC system can only do so much within the confines of its abilities, so you may never see 14.7:1 again after Johnny Hamfist gets done monkeying with stuff. And then you hear the cries when they get 10 mpg and burning eyeballs when the engine is running. The 80s carbs were emissions first, and any performance gains at all were simply cherries on top.
Is the Carb Cheater a good system to control vacuum leaks to "fix" maladjusted, over-rich carburetors? Maybe for some. If you don't have a clue on what you're doing with a carb, it might be of some use. But again, spending almost $400 to adjust an air leak seems rather back assward to me. A carb that's set up properly won't have all those issues.
I do like the idea of the wideband sensor, but then use that to set up your carburetor correctly and you should see no use for that Carb Cheater system. And you can get a decent AEM kit for 1/2 the price of a Carb Cheater. And even if you don't want to permanently mount the gage, just find an inconspicuous place to install the bung on the exhaust pipe, then just use a pipe plug to close up the sensor bunghole when not in use until you need it again.
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