Ive got the short shots staggered and the thunder max ECM auto. Now this is my question. My new o2 sensors are longer and don't have the clearance they need to fit. I took the pipes to a shop to have the bungs adjusted and they said it would cost a lot and look bad. Not to mention it could ruin my pipes. Anyone else have this problem? And what did you do or what could I do?

 

Zippers sells the bungs you need. Both straight and angled. finding someone to weld them in is a different story though.

 

Thanks. I saw that in the instructions. I was just hoping there was something obvious I was missing or something. Now I need to find someone who will weld it. The guys I took it to didn't really want to I could tell. I wouldn't mind getting new pipes but I don't know if I would run into the same problem or not.

 

The thundermax 02 sensors fit into my LSR 2into 1 but they were tight. that is a custom pipe and they knew ahead what components i would be using. i'm not sure they changed their design or it just worked out that they fit. If you like the short shots i would think the cheapest route would be the angled bungs.

 

I like how the two into one looks and o wouldn't mind that at all but I haven't used my pipes yet and I don't want to get more new ones.

 

I had exactly the same issue - the O2 sensors supplied with the Thundermax are longer than the stock sensors and won't fit into the Shortshot bungs. I was actually annoyed with Zippers because I contacted their tech support prior to buying the Thundermax and told them about my V&H pipes but they did not alert me to the issue.

Anyway, I purchased a couple of bungs on Ebay, found suitable locations on my Shortshots, drilled the pipes, welded in the bungs and all is good now. In order to minimize heat damage to the pipes I wrapped them in wet rags while welding. I then sprayed the top 4" of the pipes with satin black high temperature paint and with the heat shields fitted you wouldn't know.

So it's a pain but it can be done.

 

I'm surprised your exhaust shop told you that. Most of them have threaded inserts on long rods used exactly for the purpose of bending those bungs with a torched pipe.

FYI, Zippers did tell me that exact thing prior to purchase and it was also on their website that some V&H pipes would have clearance issues.