WBO2 sensor clarification

[syko at nmia.com]

 From thepartsbin.com you want the Vehicle: 1992 Honda Civic 1.5 VX 
3Dr O2 sensor.  It HAS to be the VX model.
I just checked and it's out of stock from them.

John

>Could some who has been through the ringer already with a successful
>purchase of the WBO2 sensor lay out all the choices and lessons learned
>(what not to buy)
>
>I just got off the phone with www.thepartsbin.com and the tried to look up
>the Bosch #13246, they could not look it up, that is the short number.
>
>This is what I have found out:
>
>1) thepartsbin:  has the Honda 92-95 Civic #36531-P07-003 for $122 (however,
>stated it looks like a 4 wire sensor in the picture)
>
>2) www.hparts.com:  has the Honda 92-95 Civic #36531-P07-003 for $219
>
>3) Napa has the ECHOS791 Napa Echlin Oxygen Sensor for $139, do not know if
>this is the correct sensor.
>
>4) NAPA:  could not find the Beck Arnley BA1564015 on the web site, did not
>have time to call yet
>
>Here are some other questions:
>
>I think the sensor needed for the project is the 5 Wire WB02 sensor, does
>this mean that the 4 Wire honda sensor described above is not the correct
>part? or did the picture just not show correctly?
>
>Back in the day there was mention of other 5 Wire sensors that had special
>calibration resistors built in (basically a feature some of the EFI
>manufactures put in so you had to buy their special 02 sensor - at a premium
>price).  Is there anything here we have to look out for?
>
>Does anyone know temperature limits of these sensors?  Some applications
>that I know of require temps in the area of 1650 - 1850 deg F.
>
>Long Live DIY-WB02.
>
>Steve F
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry Tisdale [mailto:btisdale at cybersol.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:04 PM
>To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>Subject: Re: Kits for WBO2
>
>
>What you'll get is the NTK sensor in the Bosch box - I don't pretend to
>know how corporate funny business like this works.....
>
>Barry
>
>At 09:11 AM 8/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>I don't follow the part about the sensor being a bosch... i thought we
>>needed the 5-wire NTK for this?  and i thought that's what came in the
>>hondas... are the two sensors compatible?  even if they are, aren't the
>>NTK's faster responding sensors?
>>
>>>
>>>  This part is available from The Parts Bin (but not as I write
>>>  this - they are out of stock - ETA 10 days) as [a Bosch] sensor
>>>  for US$117:
>
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