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Re: Wideband O2 senser in x-pipe or just behind collector?
[Re: Quicksilver440]
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02/04/10 12:19 AM
02/04/10 12:19 AM
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Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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I'm getting ready to install my new Lc-1 wideband and wondered if I should put the o2 in the x-pipe to read both sides....or in the pipe just behind the collector?
One factor is I have cut-outs before the x-pipe...so it wouldn't work if installed in the x-pipe and I opened the cut-outs. But.......I don't usually open the cutouts.
Also...if I have the cutouts open....how far before the cutout does the sensor need to be to insure that I get good readings?
I would try for 12" from the opening if you un cap
but that might not be possible in some cases, do your
work with it closed up if need be... I have a bung
in both collectors and do the tuning then I pull
the o2 and plug the bungs(I cant see keeping the
o2 in when I'm not reading them)
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Re: Wideband O2 senser in x-pipe or just behind collector?
[Re: BradH]
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02/04/10 03:26 AM
02/04/10 03:26 AM
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Quicksilver440
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Thanks for the input guys....I have chrome headers that I was trying to avoid welding on....but I'll see if I can get it more than a foot ahead of the cutouts.....I think I may install one in the x-pipe too...  I have a few spare o2 bungs laying around already.  Hopefully my new aluminum fuel tank (bolts in place of the stock tank) will be here by Friday so I can test the O2 out this weekend...
Last edited by Quicksilver440; 02/04/10 03:49 AM.
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Re: Wideband O2 senser in x-pipe or just behind collector?
[Re: Quicksilver440]
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02/04/10 10:32 AM
02/04/10 10:32 AM
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Southwestern Ontario Canada
racealittle
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On my last car, I installed the O2 bung in the center of the X pipe. My cutouts were welded in after the X.
I think that was the best of all worlds since I was running a dual plane RPM intake.
The advantage of having one in each pipe may be necessary for a single plane intake.
Whatever you decide, I found the placement I chose for my situation an absolute asset.
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Re: Wideband O2 senser in x-pipe or just behind collector?
[Re: racealittle]
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02/05/10 05:23 AM
02/05/10 05:23 AM
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N.E. England
Roppa440
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If the sensor is heated you can put it where you like.
If it is not heated I would put it as close to the collector as possible without getting in the way of the bolts. But I wouldn't put it actually in the collector as you want to make sure you are measuring an average of all 4 primary pipes.
Also you want to make sure the bung is up in the 10 o'clock or 2 o'clock position if possible so raw fuel or moisture does not effect it.
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Re: Wideband O2 senser in x-pipe or just behind collector?
[Re: Roppa440]
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02/05/10 05:54 AM
02/05/10 05:54 AM
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Romeo MI
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If the sensor is heated you can put it where you like.
If it is not heated I would put it as close to the collector as possible without getting in the way of the bolts. But I wouldn't put it actually in the collector as you want to make sure you are measuring an average of all 4 primary pipes.
Also you want to make sure the bung is up in the 10 o'clock or 2 o'clock position if possible so raw fuel or moisture does not effect it.
If you get the sensor too close to the exit you can
get a false reading with air possibly backing up
in the collector
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Re: Wideband O2 senser in x-pipe or just behind collector?
[Re: Roppa440]
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02/05/10 10:44 AM
02/05/10 10:44 AM
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I use an Inovate wide band with the 02 sensor installed in the collector, however the 02 sensor doesn't last very long cause it doesn't play well with leaded race fuel.
Jerry Williams.
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