[budawe]

Somewhere in it's life my 03 had it's exhaust hit by a curb closing the gap between the 02 sensors and engine blocks and axles. As a result it doesn't take much of a bump or tap to break the sensors. Any ideas short of buying a new header etc.?

 

[blackonblacksvt03]

only thing i can think of is block off the hole that the o2 fits in now and have another bung welded in where it wont hit anything but the right way is to buy a new or a good used header

 

[macdiesel]

Maybe buy a hfc with side mounted O2 sensor bungs, might work, but fixing the problem will probably be the best solution.

 

[Sniper Focus]

Your best bet is to get a new header, with you being in CA I don't think you have any other options besides the stock cat.

 

[budawe]

thanks guys, think im going to try to get my porta-power in there and see if I can move the pipe and cat forward a bit.

 

[Sniper Focus]

Are you going to heat it? I think the stainless steel header will break if you don't get it red hot.

 

[fast_ryda]

i have the same problem. I bought a HFC and it works but now i need to smog my car so the HFC is useless.

 

[macdiesel]

Isn't the cfm hfc carb legal?

 

[Sniper Focus]

Most aftermarket cats arent CARB legal. The CFM HFC is 49 state legal, it looks like CFM is coming out with a 50 state HFC sometime soon.

 

[SD.Norm]

The same thing happened to my header except a bit worse. I couldn't even get the O2 senors into the cat when I bumped mine.

 

[Grinder]

Get a new header. A lot of us have gone through the bent/broken 02 thing. Nature of the beast. Just keep the tires on the street in the future and it shouldn't happen

 

[fast_ryda]

Most aftermarket cats arent CARB legal. The CFM HFC is 49 state legal, it looks like CFM is coming out with a 50 state HFC sometime soon.

I bet that 1 state left is california and thats the one i need lol

 

[pasta]

where are you guys driving off road wtf