thought they were the same part # from 2002 till 2006

or was this a joke ?

Obviously the plugs on a 9 are like 26mm of thread depth vs the 19mm i believe for the 8's

 

not according to advanced auto parts.......they will try and sell VIII plugs 24/7.

 

this is true. I am on my 3rd set of ix plugs and they attempt to sell me 8 plugs each time.

The iflrh7 plugs are what i run. laser iridium

 

I got a champher bit to countersink my head. Then I chucked up an endmill in my hand drill to take out 7mm so that I can run BPR8ES plugs. That way I can run the same plugs in my DSM as my Ebo.

 

you're going to have the first evo built primarily with dsm parts.

 

Actually I mix and match. Some of the evo engine parts are better than my DSM stuff. Some of the DSM stuff is better than the evo stuff (my DSM transmission is basically an evo transmission). Also some of the evo electronics leave a lot to be desired, so yeah I'm digging through my parts to find **** to bolt up to the evo.

 

okay so i brought my car to get inspected today and they said that the ecu was not ready for inspection. I reset it 857 miles ago and 3 of 8 things that needed reset were not resetting. one of them being the 02 sensor...WTH i never have trouble getting cars to pass catless until now. No check engine lights, no nothing. Any ideas? Or can anyone point me in the right direction here...

 

So let me ask you this, did you attempt to reset everything maybe a day before you went down there, or right before hand? If you did, actually will say pending, which means failed. You cannot trick the ECU that way. some say its easier to buy that plug in 02 simulator, i always used the spark plug fouler trick. just buy one, drill it with a 1/2 drill bit slide the 02 sensor in it, and wha la!

that my advice. Passed for me.

Edit: just noticed it was 857 miles ago. Thats a lot of miles, but honestly, my car when i would do that would take some time 50 miles or 2 months. never understood what made it decide when is when.

 

Well needless to say I have become quiet informed with this type of thing recently with my own car....

First what 3 things did not show as "ready"?

I'm guessing O2 was one from above post? That is your front O2, rear O2 is the cat efficiency "ready" monitor.

Next you can pass with (1) ready monitor "not ready" - as long as it isn't catalytic converter or evap. My front O2 will not set no matter what I do but I past because you are allowed to have it "not ready" as long as you have no others "not ready".

but again I can help more if I know what the other 2 are.....

 

There is now a patch for the stock ecu now that simulates the rear O2 signal so you can remove it, keep it in for "visual" inspection or whatever....You will never see a cel, and the ready monitor is always "ready". No more required hacks or anti-foulers.....just a reflash and done.

Second the test for OBD-II that shows O2 sensor is the front (not the rear) the rear is the catalytic converter.

 

thats awesome!

 

Now if only someone can find the patch for the damn X TPMS! I can't believe you cannot disable it.

 

give it time......it took a while to get where we are on the VIII/IX ecu, patience has paid off big time for us stock ecu guys. The options, patches, and things we can enable/disable keeps growing all the time

 

here is what happened

misfire - comp
fuel system - comp
components - comp
catalyist - not compl
heated catalyst - not supported
evap - comp
2nd air - not supported
a/c system - not supported
02 sensor - not compl
o2 sensor heater - not comp
egr system - compl


no idea. been almost 900 miles and they keep telling me it wont go through. I get one more free test from them. I have the spark plug anti fouler and never had a check engine light problems in a long time. the only SES light i had was an egr one about 4 months ago that was due to a disconnected vacuum hose.

 

The rear O2 sim will take care of the cat "not ready"

The other (2) are your front O2 and the front O2 heater.......Have you replaced the sensor or anything? no cel?

My O2 sensor wont show as ready ever but the heater shows as ready. If you can get the O2 heater to come on you can pass.