shorty plugs
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From: Sylmar CA
shorty plugs
Took a look at my plug wires today. The boot on the plug is starting to sort of bubble up on the heat shrink. They are really close to the headers(flowtech). A friend recommended some shorty plugs but I don't know how to actually know which would be shorter other than just going store to store with my own plug measuring them. I have Autolite Iridium XP26. I want to get some shorty copper plugs. Ive heard that copper is the best for plugs. Anyone have any ideas on which I could use that would be short? Or at least shorter than the XP26's?
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Yeah I've seen them. They're about $30. Even cheaper with employee discount, but I was doing research on them since they're resistor type plugs and supposedly they hurt performance. You haven't had any issues or lack of performance with them?
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Only in a positive way because the ones you are replacing are probably fried...
Lawn mover plugs work fine - people in the know have been using them for years. You need to put some research effort into it to get a match of the specs with the plug you are replacing - unless of course you manage to get someone who has done it on the same engine to tell you!!
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From: Sylmar CA
I currently have Autolite Iridium Spark Plugs that I just put on last july after having my engine rebuilt. Pretty sure they're still good. But I want copper plugs, read they're better for performance. I also want shorty plugs so my headers wont fry my plug wires.
