The motor was rebuilt 5000 miles ago. I did a oil change a week ago and put cheap spark plugs in the motor because i need an oil change right away and thats what I had at the time. So tonight a S2000 started reving on me because he had his wife in the car so naturally we go at it and of course he has that look of surprise as I start to pull car lenghts on him. After that my car started smoking and was sounding like a wrx. What could it be? I didnt over rev or misshift the car just started running like *** and smoke coming from the exhaust and entering the engine bay? Any ideas?

 

when mine does this the spark plug wire pops off the distributor .. but i donno in your case

 

I WILL CHECK THAT

 

Yeah if the engine sounds like an impreza then it means you're not running on all 4 cylinders..Check to see if a spark plug wire popped off..Then if it still sounds funny check the plugs themselves..

If you have aftermarket plug wires,,they're known for popping off the dizzy..

 

check and it was not that.

 

check dizzy cap,rotor button,fuel injectors,injector clips there could be many reasons of why a car would run like this my map sensor went bad and acted kinda like that

 

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if it isnt ignition, i would look at a compression and leakdown test.

 

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