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header o2 installation problem

okay so i recently got a set of stock ford ho headers off a 89 mark vii and i was just getting ready to put them on and i realized that the stock manifolds have o2 sensors in each side, and the headers do not have any place for them to go. so is there any easy way to go about installing them, or can i not use them or what?
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header o2 installation problem

Reply #1
You just have to get some holes drilled and tapped in. Prolly at an exhaust shop...
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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header o2 installation problem

Reply #2
The headers won't mate up to your stock exhaust.Buy an H-Pipe to go with them.They have O2 sensor holes in them already.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

header o2 installation problem

Reply #3
either of the above should be fine. i personally would shiznitcan te stock y-pipe for a mustang h/x-pipe
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header o2 installation problem

Reply #4
i am thinking about getting an x pipe for the car now, but if i do that will the stock ho headers hold me back on power over aftermarket headers? if they will, then i may just sell them on ebay or something and just pick up a pair of mustang bbk or mac headers or something
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