Will true duals screw up O2 sensor?
06-27-2011, 12:19 AM
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Will true duals screw up O2 sensor?
My car is stock with only one O2 sensor, as it's got the stupid T-pipe.
My plan is to replace that crap with Cherry Bomb Vortex mufflers (true duals), and straight pipe through instead of cats (P.O. gutted my current one anyhow.
The question is, will having true duals and only having an O2 sensor in one bank tell the ECM (it's a MPFI) the engine's running lean?
Or will there be no change.
Thanks in advance, and if this is already out there, I did try finding it. Just with no luck :P
My plan is to replace that crap with Cherry Bomb Vortex mufflers (true duals), and straight pipe through instead of cats (P.O. gutted my current one anyhow.
The question is, will having true duals and only having an O2 sensor in one bank tell the ECM (it's a MPFI) the engine's running lean?
Or will there be no change.
Thanks in advance, and if this is already out there, I did try finding it. Just with no luck :P
06-27-2011, 12:43 PM
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Re: Will true duals screw up O2 sensor?
The stock exhaust has the sensor only reading the drivers side.
06-27-2011, 12:59 PM
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Re: Will true duals screw up O2 sensor?
Mine has the O2 sensor right after the t-pipe, so it will be reading both banks. Is this thanks to the PO?
06-27-2011, 01:49 PM
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Re: Will true duals screw up O2 sensor?
The V6 is after the T. I believe at least some of the V8s are in one bank.
06-27-2011, 02:19 PM
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Re: Will true duals screw up O2 sensor?
They read the drivers side because that side is the one that could become the most lean because of the y-pipe design.
plus our cars batch fire injectors so having two wouldn't help much anyway
plus our cars batch fire injectors so having two wouldn't help much anyway
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