Any engine with misfire detection is capable of misbehaving using NON-OEM plugs.
Waste park ignition will need plug with dual metal tip, either iridium, platinum but not just normal plain ground electrode. There is a few NGK IX model that comes platinum chip on the ground electrode. However, nowadays, it is very easy just get the denso iridium tt or ngk ruthenium model, all of these comes with dual tip and outlast your original plug if it didnt come with iridium. Just make sure when you install new plug, your gap can not exceed the original more than 0.1mm. otherwise you may have idling issue when your ignition power is weak. This gap many times are overlooked and people blame iridium plug is the problem.A couple of years ago I ordered NGK Iridium IX for my Zetec in my Contour. They were recommended replacement plugs for my car from Rock Auto. Just got around to putting them in this past fall. Turns out they are not really meant for waste spark ignition systems. Thought I was improving my ignition system, oh well, live and learn. The car is over 19 years old and doesn't get driven except in the warm weather, usually for vacations, 3,000-5,000 miles per year. So if I get 15,000-25,000 miles out of them I'm not complaining. They were half the costs of the Motorcraft plugs and the car runs really good with them. They have to be better than plugs with 60,000 miles on them. That's the change interval on my car with double platinum's.
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