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+1. The sensors take several miles to give a reading to the ECU of whether they are "ready" or "failed". In the meantime, any state inspection machine would identify them in a "not ready" state, which means they haven't registered yet. I have a bad cat on my Nissan Frontier. It takes a good 2-3 days of solid driving before it registers a "failed" condition and makes the check engine light illuminate. Stick around young padawan, you'll learn some good info from us old OG car guys...
i want to say its either 50 miles or 75 miles. i spent a many an hour just driving around the emissions place in washington .
The fact you all seem to know each other personally makes me think you've scared away most of the non-senior members like myself. Soon it will be like 5 guys left on these forums lol
The fact you all seem to know each other personally makes me think you've scared away most of the non-senior members like myself. Soon it will be like 5 guys left on these forums lol
i dont know any of these cats. there is way more lurkers than the handfuls that post.i stayed in the dark for bout 2-3 years before i ever really started posting. but i also know how to turn a wrench....but the z is a whole different animal compared to the cars i worked on before.
you start small, with like a plenum spacer and oil changes. next thing you know you got piston ashtrays.
But yet ill get destroyed by a STI or a turbo 06 civic. Ugh.
Should have got an HR Z, you wont have that problem.
Originally Posted by czirrfb
Well because all those things are needed to make the car "run good" im reading from you guys.
My car payment is $263/mo and insurance is $220/mo on top of the $100+ in gas I gotta put in this thing, I made a mistake buying it but now im stuck with it.
Who says you're stuck with anything? Do you not know how to sell a car?
Originally Posted by czirrfb
$500, lovely.....
So im looking at...
$1000 exhaust (plus labor)
$300 intake (plus labor)
$100 Knock sensor+harness (plus labor)
$500 tune
$450 tires
$??? compression test
$??? front control arms (plus labor)
The fact you all seem to know each other personally makes me think you've scared away most of the non-senior members like myself. Soon it will be like 5 guys left on these forums lol
we all "met" through here in various threads...
Originally Posted by Syner
I don't know anyone "personally"
I'm in Canada, nobody wants to stay in my igloo.
its because you are in the country where beiber is from