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Old 10-12-2012, 09:45 PM   #11 (permalink)
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3. oxygen sensors, not so much the post cat sensor, but pre-cat changes your fuel ratio causing you to burn more fuel then necessary. On MOST cars the post cat sensor doesn't change anything
Never ever put a new oxygen sensor post cat.
Unless you have money to burn.
One of the pre-catilydic oxygen sensors should be functional and can simply be relocated post converter.
There is a very small number of vehicles that take a different sensor for post cat but its kind of rare and I believe the 01 mustang isn't one of them.

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Old 03-28-2013, 10:51 PM   #12 (permalink)
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you can get underdrive pulleys for that mustang. they were good for 2 mpg, or more, on mine.

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