[Z06] What's up with Z06 spark plugs
03-25-2012, 03:03 PM
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What's up with Z06 spark plugs
I can understand why GM wants to protect their plug wires which explains the shield, but I can't for the life of me get the spring at the plug end of this shield/spring/boot. The biggest nightmare of doing the valve spring upgrade was getting the plug wires to stay on the plugs. I eventually succeeded, but don't have a warm, fuzzy feeling for the reliability of the wires. Am I missing something here? The manual says to twist them a half turn (or maybe a quarter) but ...........pfffft.......no help. What really is going on here?
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03-25-2012, 10:17 PM
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When I did my valve spring replacement, I ended up destroying about 1/2 the spark plug wires, so I just bought a nice aftermarket set of silicone plug wires and threw the OEM wires in the garbage.
03-26-2012, 10:06 AM
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Well that was certainly my first choice, and the day ain't over yet. I looked at it as a challenge though. and eventually got them all on, but I will probably change them soon because I don't trust them. Too bad there's no mention of what their intent was; this is the dumbest thing I have seen next to putting hard pipes directly in the way of the plugs.
03-27-2012, 06:25 PM
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Thanks.
The NGK wen site shows different looking wires for the LS6 vs LS2/LS3 ??
While were at it may as well swap for new plugs.
Which ones are you using?
PTR5D-10 Double Platinum
TR5IX Iridium
1ZTR5B11 Iridium long life
TR5GP Platinum
TR-5 cheapo
The NGK wen site shows different looking wires for the LS6 vs LS2/LS3 ??
While were at it may as well swap for new plugs.
Which ones are you using?
PTR5D-10 Double Platinum
TR5IX Iridium
1ZTR5B11 Iridium long life
TR5GP Platinum
TR-5 cheapo
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03-28-2012, 10:11 PM
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Get the GM performance plug wire set from Gene at GM Parts House. They're the red ones with black tops. Work excellent and should last a long time.
On plugs. Save yourself money. NGK TR55 V-Power. They're about 2 bucks each. They tuners and performance builders seem to pick these consistently. That's what's in mine with new head/cam package. That's what I put in there previously. Never had problems with them. The GM plugs that came in it should actually last quite a lot of miles. I can't remember if they are iridium or platinum but they last. When I pulled mine at 40K they looked pretty good.
On plugs. Save yourself money. NGK TR55 V-Power. They're about 2 bucks each. They tuners and performance builders seem to pick these consistently. That's what's in mine with new head/cam package. That's what I put in there previously. Never had problems with them. The GM plugs that came in it should actually last quite a lot of miles. I can't remember if they are iridium or platinum but they last. When I pulled mine at 40K they looked pretty good.
03-29-2012, 11:11 AM
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Get the GM performance plug wire set from Gene at GM Parts House. They're the red ones with black tops. Work excellent and should last a long time.
On plugs. Save yourself money. NGK TR55 V-Power. They're about 2 bucks each. They tuners and performance builders seem to pick these consistently. That's what's in mine with new head/cam package. That's what I put in there previously. Never had problems with them. The GM plugs that came in it should actually last quite a lot of miles. I can't remember if they are iridium or platinum but they last. When I pulled mine at 40K they looked pretty good.
On plugs. Save yourself money. NGK TR55 V-Power. They're about 2 bucks each. They tuners and performance builders seem to pick these consistently. That's what's in mine with new head/cam package. That's what I put in there previously. Never had problems with them. The GM plugs that came in it should actually last quite a lot of miles. I can't remember if they are iridium or platinum but they last. When I pulled mine at 40K they looked pretty good.
04-02-2012, 04:51 PM
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Get the GM performance plug wire set from Gene at GM Parts House. They're the red ones with black tops. Work excellent and should last a long time.
On plugs. Save yourself money. NGK TR55 V-Power. They're about 2 bucks each. They tuners and performance builders seem to pick these consistently. That's what's in mine with new head/cam package. That's what I put in there previously. Never had problems with them. The GM plugs that came in it should actually last quite a lot of miles. I can't remember if they are iridium or platinum but they last. When I pulled mine at 40K they looked pretty good.
On plugs. Save yourself money. NGK TR55 V-Power. They're about 2 bucks each. They tuners and performance builders seem to pick these consistently. That's what's in mine with new head/cam package. That's what I put in there previously. Never had problems with them. The GM plugs that came in it should actually last quite a lot of miles. I can't remember if they are iridium or platinum but they last. When I pulled mine at 40K they looked pretty good.
I change my plugs about once a year and swap between a plug I use for the street and my nitrous plug.
