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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 09:51 PM
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not a positive feedback when searching, but do I need to get O2 bungs? what about O2 extensions?
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 10:14 AM
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On my '98, the passenger side reached fine. (the front o2 that is)
The driver's side was short. (it comes to the front and goes down). I pulled the 4 wires out of the harness and went down the back. I've heard others say they had no problem, maybe later years are different.

The rears are deleted in my pcm. I have some screwed in there to fill the holes though. I think the wires would reach, but the sensors were out of a v6 and the connectors were different.

My headers and y-pipe had bungs already. It's a used set, so I don't know what you're starting with on a new set...
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 11:05 AM
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I just had a set of Mac mids installed on my 02 and they had no issues at all.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 11:18 AM
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ok well I'm getting the MAC's used, so i dont really know how it's setup. I read somewhere that Mac's have 4 O2 bungs. The y-pipe I'm getting with it has gutted cats I guess, or either straight pipe with cats welded around it. I'm not sure. So do I need front or rear O2 sims? I've read enough that i think I'd be fine without extensions. I guess I'm gonna reuse my old bolts and gaskets too.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 11:56 AM
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I got my Macs used also and had no troubles with them. The only thing is that the Y pipe had been cobbled together. The front 02 sensors will reach just unplug from the harness a little bit. Just work it down a little. No extensions needed.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 12:14 PM
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thanks alot, at this point I think the only thing that could be a problem for me if that the Y-pipe I'm getting has been cut to fit his catback. I'm running stock piping until a bullet muffler. if my setup ends up being too loud with Mids and an ORY then I'll add another bullet to the I-pipe. I'm wondering if I'll get flutter with my AIR setup and have to do the restrictor plate mod? Is that common, I mean, my engine makes alot of noise and ticking now, but i dont know
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 12:26 PM
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No problems here. Well that is probably because I don't have any O2's.
Had to bung all 4 holes.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 04:08 PM
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I went ahead and did it 6-8 months after headers were on. MAn I should have doen the restitrictor mod earlier. The egr flapper valves were shot! You can also if you think your gonna need o2 ext use your rear o2 sensors to replace the front ones.
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thanks everyone, i think I'll look into the restrictor mod
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 10:36 PM
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No O2 extensions for mine. They were just long enough. The restrictor mod is good to do. Mine didnt need it, but I did it anyways just in case.
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Old Aug 24, 2004 | 10:49 PM
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i will be ding that and replacing both AIR check valves too for safe measure, thanks!
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