Magnum Swap, which 02 sensor to use, pre-cat or post-cat

I did a magnum swap in my Barracuda in 2012, ran factory pcm, no cats. The way I tricked the pcm was to use a non foul sparkplug adapter in down stream O2 hole, then screw down stream O2 cell in. What happens is the down stream O2 cell will report a change but since it is not in the exhaust stream it will not read correct. The pcm sees a signal and never knows the cat is gone. I also did this when my cat on my 2000 dodge dakota went bad, removed cat straight pipe, used this trick and presto no codes.
Appreciate you sharing your technique! Just curious how you ran your cuda without a PreCat? Even though your tricking it, it's not really going to make any adjustments for air/fuel, right?