Started by Colorado-SHOBro, April 25, 2017, 02:31:35 AM
Quote from: svt54 on July 26, 2017, 07:05:14 PMOK guys. I installed these on my son's 13' SHO. Overall they aren't bad for the money. The gaskets that come with them are junk. Either reuse yours, or buy new metal gaskets. Here are pics before they were installed. Here are the installed pics. The upper O2 bung on the rear pipe is clocked wrong, but doesn't cause any issues. This pic is through the passenger fender well. The stock pipes the O2 was pointing toward the firewall.On the front pipe, the lower O2 was clocked wrong. The stock pipes have the O2 exit to the passenger side. On these it exits driver side. The wire wouldn't reach the connector. I had to pull a locator where the O2's connector is located on the AC compressor. It works for now. I think I am going to get a low band O2 for a Focus or Escape that has a longer wire on it. This pic is kind of dark, but you can see the O2.The biggest issue to me was that the two pipes actually meet and touch around the rear motor mount. I thought about heating and slightly denting one of them to remedy this, but they don't rattle or anything else so I haven't done anything with it yet.Overall, I am ok with them. I wish the two pipes didn't touch and that the lower O2 on the front pipe had been clocked right. Not bad for saving $200 though.
Quote from: NITSOOB on July 27, 2017, 01:40:41 PMthe 2nd o2 is for emissions.Regarding the wiring not reaching the o2 bung, you can probably use an o2 bung spacer/cel eliminator. They are about 2-3 inches long and may help shorten the distance you need.