DIRTYSOUTH_TYPE-S

I am having an issue with the 02 sensor not being long enough to reach the bung on the new cat.

My last resort is to splice-in some wire as an extension.

Anybody have any ideas?

jjashaa

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try PM-ing Excelerate.

see if he has any add-on you can do like a plug and play harness extension

DIRTYSOUTH_TYPE-S

Ya ill do that, I tried calling but im sure he's probably closed on weekends.

^ did you have it installed on your TL?

jjashaa

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^ was going to since i had it but i parted before i could install it.

check what the guys on the CL side did. i'm pretty sure a good amount of them have it.

DaveS221

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i did a wire extension.

friesm2000

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i just undid the wiring connecter from the body (where it clips on), and it just reaches barely, but you do not need an extension.

but extending the wiring on the o2 would proably be a better idea though

DaveS221

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^i did that too but it wouldnt reach for mine... so i had to the extension no matter what. for like the first month i just had a rubber cork in the hole on the cat until i got around to extending them.

friesm2000

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i know i do have comptech headers on mine though, which might be that fraction of an inch shorter to allow mine to plug in (i don't see any headers in your sig)

but did you also undo that first clip on the wire itself too, right next to the connecter

DaveS221

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yep i did an it still wudnt reach.. but if u have headers than it mite wrk.(idk for sure tho) jus jack ur car up an see if it'l reach. if not, then either take it to a shop an theyl extend the wires for u, or u can go buy ur own wire an soldering iron an get to wrk.

friesm2000

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or if you got a car that you can borrow is take off the rear o2 , then get some one to extend it (should be cheaper because you are not tying up a bay then) just make sure to measure to know exactly how long you need it (and it is better to be a little long, cause you can always zip tie the extra wire outta the way,

or yeah just extend it yourself

DIRTYSOUTH_TYPE-S

Case closed!

I ended up disconnecting the harness-clip from the body and it gave me just barely enough to reach.

Thanks for the replies.

friesm2000

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sweet.....

DIRTYSOUTH_TYPE-S

And I must say....the HF CAT paired with the ATLP sounds effin sick!
Just waitin on my DC headers to complete the setup.

friesm2000

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mine is with comptech headers and apexi exhaust, but yeah it brings that much better sound to it

Excelerate

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This is all that's necessary. On this cat we did a metallic core and moved the O2 bung forward so that an extension would not be necessary.

friesm2000

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just barely though


also it would be nice if it did include new gaskets with it too, insted of having to source them afterwards

also i was wounder how many washes (coats) do the cats go through, and i figure they are not CARB legal as replacements ethier

DIRTYSOUTH_TYPE-S

So do we need gaskets for the Cat?

I didn't even think about it, if we did I would've assumed they would've been supplied with the cat, guess not.

fsttyms1

if the O2 wire just barely reaches i would get a small extender. Any tension on it from the exhaust swaying (which on our cars it does) can damage the wiring/O2. Thats my

friesm2000

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but the exhaust also does not sway very much up there compared to the mufflers (it does go foward and back some though [mainly foward though] from the engine rocking, which would give it more slack), but as said before getting an extension would be better then just being able to make the connection