cant sleep...too worried about the car

 

new plugs went in today, this time i put the plugs and used my own tool and torqued it in there at 18ft lbs. car fired up and misfired a few times and then smoothed out. now the car is running great, just like it was before. the idle has even improved from what it was before. i use to get a little dip in idle and i now have a steady idle.

 

Thats good to hear man. Glad you got that resolved. Sorry we couldn't have fun on Thursday, but I had to do some things.

 

yea id say the problem was that the plug was over torqued, or the tool he used was cracking the porcelin

good news is the evo is back running better than ever..
bad news is that it cost me $80 for the 2 sets of plugs..

but if i would have bought through the dealer it would have cost me 160 for 2 sets, mitsu sells the plugs for 21 a piece

 

this thread gives me anxiety.

 

glad to hear you got it fixed.

 

...never over torque spark plugs...

 

told you it was the tool!

 

Glad you got it worked out... but I hope a piece of the spark plug didn't damage your turbine wheel in the process.

 

and on another note...why would he bring it to the dealer with his mods installed?

 

well as the owner stated, he would put the stock parts back on before bringing it to the dealer

 

Why not? A lot of dealerships are mod friendly...

 

i would just buy the copper plugs, our cars are so abusive that no plug should be in it that long, buy the 1.50 ngk, and change them like underwear(every other oil change)

 

I "Look" as if I am tightening as much as possible as many ppl who have turned a few wrenches might as well. When tightening plugs, many ppl use the one or two finger method and tighten to "2 finger tight."
Also, if you have good feel, you can feel when the crush washer finally crushes.

Good it wasn't anything permanent!

 

I think the flux capacitor was bumped out of alignment.