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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 02:59 PM
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We autocross and drag race our Vette and its time to replace the plugs for the upcoming season. I have been running the Bosch Platnum plugs but I've been doing some reasearch for performance spark plugs and ran across the ZEX which sounds good - has anyone tried these and/or have recommendations?

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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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I've yet to hear of anyone using the ZEX plugs. I would just stick to a proven/cheap plug for your LT1: NGK TR55.
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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Am I reading that right?...$56.00+ for a set of plugs?....I'm not saying they are not worth it as I have no idea but that is pricey...I race my car 90% of the time and I use Autolites...less than $9.00 a set...
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ZEX are really popular amongst the import tuner crowd. They are supposed to be very good... but I have no empirical data.

I am with STL94LT1, tho. I have empirical data regarding the NGK... Nothing wrong with them at all.
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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I have run a couple of sets of NGKs in the car in the past - with the last two sets being Bosch, mainly to just try them based of a few comments from other racers.
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Old Jan 30, 2006 | 01:10 AM
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They make the engine run like crap and it will never idle smooth.
Zex sucks!!!
How would you like to buy a set for your vett?
Cheap !name your price .I have run them for 300 miles and they are just like new.
I went back to my B8EFS NGK's runs great again.
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Old Jan 30, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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Thanks... I'll stick with either the NGKs or Bosch - we have had great luck running both.
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