just changed the spark plugs in my 2000 ES (1.8L) with some denzo iridium's(they didn't have NGK's.. and I had read that other people had success with them..so I figured why not) that autozone helped me find the right ones for...now.. when I removed the OEM NGK ones it looked like these things had never been replaced in the 59K miles the car has been in use..my dumbass had forgotten to get a torque ratchet.. and the nearest store with one was about 50miles away..so,it being about 8:00 @ night I decided I'll just feel it and just get one tomorrow I put some anti-seize on the threads and just closed her up until tomorrow..except, now(today..) my car idles@ 1,100RPM...

did I mabye tighten them not enough/too much? or is it possibly the wrong spark plugs autozone sold me?..I didn't tighten them as much as I possibly could..I had read a thread where it said approximately how much to tighten in case of lack of a torque ratchet, here. So I used that as a guideline.


looks like the model numbers on the plug's box are:
IK20
5304

edit 1: just went out and bought a $20 torque wrench with my brother's car, I'll post back if my idle's go down with the proper torque.

edit 2:
hovering arround 900-1K still, but it's an improvement..

I went around my neighborhood just to see if I was being exceptional paranoid.. I was =.= the first stop sign I stoped @ it droped to about 700RPM which is completely normal.. This was my first spark plug change on any car so i guess I got a little too excited.. this thread can be deleted.

 

Yeah, it wasn't spark plug torque. I think the engine just had to adjust to the new plugs.

No worries, eh mate?

 

yeah, it's running great now and I'm about to put on my SRI today.. so no worries

 

What kinda SRI? Post pics .. we like to see finished products.

 

just some generic ebay $55 SRI. I bought a K&N filter for it though since it said like it came with some generic "cotton fiber" filter. I'll defentaly post pictures in another thread when I get it done today.

 

Hey aluminum piping is aluminum piping right? No sense is paying $200 for AEM when the only difference is a $30 filter...

 

yeah,except..it didn't come with any directions and half the pieces are missing...


looks like I'll have to order another one while I file a claim with paypal..


ohh, did I mention the big *** hole in the filter?

 

I bought one a while back off eBay but never installed it. It seemed to have everything included ...what are you missing?

 

missing the L shaped bracket(I guess the one that attaches to the bolt @ the bottom of the battery tray and attaches to the other intake tube).. just noticed that one of the boots looks like it was cut in two?

about 3 clamps are missing too.

if you got those, I'd be willing to buy em off of you

 

Unheard of ... must be a really nice guy! What's his eBay name? I might just have to buy a SRI from him and report "missing" pieces too!

 

lol, I didn't ask alot of questions.. but he said that alot of it was to do with the fact that he had about 1,000 units of them and haddent sold one in 4months.

 

Lozz,
in your signature, you state that you have an Injen CAI. Why are you switching to a ram intake?

 

looks like I didn't copy and paste right when I deleted my double post ><


defentaly NOT replacing the CIA with a SRI..

my SRI (it was a OBX btw) didn't come with all the parts... so instead of giving me another crappy $50 SRI the seller gave me a free INJEN CAI.. to which I should get tomorrow or friday

 

sweeet! That worked out well for you!