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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 11:55 AM
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Napa gave me spark plugs for alunimum heads on my 86 which has cast iron heads. Early 86s had cast and later 86 had aluminum. Whats the difference???
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 12:16 PM
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The threads on the Plugs for the aluminum heads are much longer plus they have a washer instead of a taper at the top of the threads.
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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You'll have to remember to specify you have an EARLY 86 with iron heads, usually identified by something like "86E".

When I bought my EARLY 86 many years ago, it had the wrong plugs in it, too. Had plugs for the aluminum head engine.

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