So you think I could position the bung on top of the pipe so the sensor is straight up and down (providing I have enough clearance)? That would seem to be the place that would be the least likley to get watered down and it also would allow me to position the sensor as close front of the collector and still sample a good mix of exhaust from both sides of the Y going into the collector (if welded to the right side you sample more from 3,4 and if welded to the left side then you are sampling more the 1,2 exhaust).
Here you see the bung was welded way TF upstream of the collector. It is ONLY gonna sniff cylinder 3 & 4 if located there. (I believe the welder was thinking the bung should be located where the OEM HO2 sensor was located thinking that the OEM HO2 sensor was what was gonna screw in there ) The OEM exhaust has a larger collector chamber under the oil pan but the Tsukigi collector is located farther back behind the oil pan so it rides a lot tighter to the underside of the bike. YOu can see what I mean in this pic.
The A in the blue circle is about where I would like to weld the bung. Close to the headers as possible but far back enough to sample a mix of all the cylinders' exhaust. It still seems that there would be slight bias to cylinders 3 and 4 because it is on the right side of the pipe, not far downstream from the place where the right and left sides of the exhaust come together.
Now, if we take location A and swing it up top, now we are centrally located for a good mixture of exhaust and at the same time, as safe from water as possible. Also no chance of clearance problem with fairing.
So what do you think Romes?? Too much monkey bussiness?? Should I just weld it to the left and forget about the top?
* Last updated by: Rook on 11/14/2012 @ 7:58 PM *
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