Im thinking about installing a wideband and was wondering if i can just put it in the bung on the ams test pipe? I run the testpipe all the time and was thinking i can just get an electronic o2 simulator then put the aem sensor in the test pipe where i have an antifouler now? Saving me one less hole to make in my exhaust system and the check engine light should still remain off... sound good? any comments would help!

 

i believe they like to see it within the first 12inches , further down stream the slower the response . as far as the simulator they work

 

Mine is right next to the "stock" position 02 sensor (the one by the cat), maybe I put it in my test pipe. AMS said that is fine. thats why I put it there.

 

ams said thats ok? I think as long as theirs no cat you can put it within like 3 feet of the turbo!

 

i thought within 36 inches was ok

 

If you are running a cat, put it before that. If you're running a test pipe, anywhere at the end of the downpipe (recommended by AMS) or in the test pipe will work well.

 

I asked them when I bought it, 2 years ago? they said the location next to the rear 02 sensor is OK. Unless thru research, and other factors, they find that spot is NOT GOOD, I will move mine. I will keep my eye on this thread to see where you all put yours, and follow you. Is the cat delete pipe within the 3 feet?

 

12 " from turbo is what I was told for the most accurate as well as most stable reading...

 

Thanks Cirrusly, so the CLOSER the turbo the better?

 

Dont they put them at the end of the tailpipe when their tuning your car? or is that a different kind of wideband?

 

Yes they do. Dyno4mance got a reading out the tailpipe, and the A/F readings in the car were the same. but I also have a side-pipe which the motor burned out on the "flapper" so I was running out the sidepipe and tailpipe, but the sensor was still on the tailpipe. I have the same wideband. AEM UEGO.

 

hopefully someone will chime in that knows alot about where to put these and where you can put them!

 

careful on how you word this question, someone surely will tell us where we "can put them", or stick them. Bump, give us some answers!!

 

AEM recomends putting the wide band sensor AT LEAST 36 inches down stream for turbocharged aplications.

Keith

PS: That is from AEM.... they are the ones who should know right?

 

sounds like the test pipe would be about perfect then...