best place to put in a wideband
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best place to put in a wideband hey guys, ordered me a wideband last night, since i have long tube headers and ory...where is the best place to get a bung welded in? Thanks
Why would you want to do this. A wideband still operates like an O2 sensor does in the sense that it needs the heat and closer to the exhaust ports.
To the OP if i were you i weld on a bung on each side right behind the collector on the ORY. This way you can get reading from both side, upon trying to tune the car. IMO
To the OP if i were you i weld on a bung on each side right behind the collector on the ORY. This way you can get reading from both side, upon trying to tune the car. IMO
actually my lc-1 wideband says right in the instructions that it can be further back. just cant get cold air to the sensor. Mine and a couple buddies have worked just fine behind the merge in the y pipe.
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but you really are not getting that good of info with it back there. You are getting a mixture of 8 cylinders way back there. How accurate do you think that is? When you do it per bank you are getting info for two at a time to get more usable information. This is why they sell dual widebands as well as per cylinder wideband(8/10 sensors). Why would they make these if installing them halfway down the exhaust system once everything has merged together is information good enough to tue a vehicle?
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but you really are not getting that good of info with it back there. You are getting a mixture of 8 cylinders way back there. How accurate do you think that is? When you do it per bank you are getting info for two at a time to get more usable information. This is why they sell dual widebands as well as per cylinder wideband(8/10 sensors). Why would they make these if installing them halfway down the exhaust system once everything has merged together is information good enough to tue a vehicle?
There are many tuning software that allows for this. I do not have personal experience on my vehicle, but have worked and many others in which we do this with. That may be correct with your buddies but it doesnt mean that everything is at its optimum efficiency. Im not trying to be a dick by any means, I am just trying to state what i have seen. known to be true.
There are many tuning software that allows for this
Im not trying to be a dick either. Just sharing what I KNOW will work and is the most simple and cost effective.
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yeah i bought only a single wideband....i am on a budget and with the tunercat program and wideband...that is enough since i just bought umi lower control arms and single adjustable panhard bar....and new plug wires...i had a guy on ls1lt1 suggest putting it on the drivers side..a little after the regular o2 because the drivers side reads a little leaner..there for it is safer to tune.. is this true?
Yup... drivers side is the way to go if only running one side. The guys from Nitrous Outlet confirmed this for me.
If a side is going to run lean, it will be that side first.
If a side is going to run lean, it will be that side first.
I need to correct myself... just saw the thread again and realized that I said "drivers side"
That is wrong, I think the guy that posted before me got the drivers side stuck in my head. Either way... I was told the Passenger Side is the one that will run lean first.
Sorry for the confusion.
That is wrong, I think the guy that posted before me got the drivers side stuck in my head. Either way... I was told the Passenger Side is the one that will run lean first.
Sorry for the confusion.
