The Best Spark Plugs?
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The Best Spark Plugs?
I'm putting a new engine in my 96 LT1. I just put my NGK plugs in back in 2002 but I figure I should just go ahead and change them out while I'm at it. So...what is the best plug for my LT1 according to the forum? :thumbs:
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Re: The Best Spark Plugs? (pettvette)
:iagree:
Chevy engines like Chevy plugs. I have used other brands in carbed Chevy's, and always had problems. Never tried with this EFI motor, however, maybe EFI is more forgiving.
Chevy engines like Chevy plugs. I have used other brands in carbed Chevy's, and always had problems. Never tried with this EFI motor, however, maybe EFI is more forgiving.
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Re: The Best Spark Plugs? (bogus)
NGK Iridium. I have them, and they are great.
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Re: The Best Spark Plugs? (Strick)
Go with NGK standard plugs
Stay away from the high priced gimmick plugs. Bosch + 4's, Splitfires, NGK Iridiums, etc.
Some will disagree here, but NGK Iridiums, while working great on a perfectly running car, tend to foul quickly if something like an O2 sensor goes out - leaving you with a no-start conditions. I replaced the plugs....with expensive NGK TR55 IX (Iridium plugs) and had the same thing happen, before I realized I had a faulty O2 sensor. So now I am down over $100 in SPARK PLUGS.
IMHO, Id rather have the piece-of-mind knowing if I was out somewhere away and an O2 sensor failed, Id be able to limp home instead of being left with a no-start condition.
Just my $.02
Stay away from the high priced gimmick plugs. Bosch + 4's, Splitfires, NGK Iridiums, etc.
Some will disagree here, but NGK Iridiums, while working great on a perfectly running car, tend to foul quickly if something like an O2 sensor goes out - leaving you with a no-start conditions. I replaced the plugs....with expensive NGK TR55 IX (Iridium plugs) and had the same thing happen, before I realized I had a faulty O2 sensor. So now I am down over $100 in SPARK PLUGS.
IMHO, Id rather have the piece-of-mind knowing if I was out somewhere away and an O2 sensor failed, Id be able to limp home instead of being left with a no-start condition.
Just my $.02
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Re: The Best Spark Plugs? (dizwiz24)
Go with NGK standard plugs
Stay away from the high priced gimmick plugs. Bosch + 4's, Splitfires, NGK Iridiums, etc.
Some will disagree here, but NGK Iridiums, while working great on a perfectly running car, tend to foul quickly if something like an O2 sensor goes out - leaving you with a no-start conditions. I replaced the plugs....with expensive NGK TR55 IX (Iridium plugs) and had the same thing happen, before I realized I had a faulty O2 sensor. So now I am down over $100 in SPARK PLUGS.
IMHO, Id rather have the piece-of-mind knowing if I was out somewhere away and an O2 sensor failed, Id be able to limp home instead of being left with a no-start condition.
Just my $.02
Stay away from the high priced gimmick plugs. Bosch + 4's, Splitfires, NGK Iridiums, etc.
Some will disagree here, but NGK Iridiums, while working great on a perfectly running car, tend to foul quickly if something like an O2 sensor goes out - leaving you with a no-start conditions. I replaced the plugs....with expensive NGK TR55 IX (Iridium plugs) and had the same thing happen, before I realized I had a faulty O2 sensor. So now I am down over $100 in SPARK PLUGS.
IMHO, Id rather have the piece-of-mind knowing if I was out somewhere away and an O2 sensor failed, Id be able to limp home instead of being left with a no-start condition.
Just my $.02
I have been running the NGK's since they came out - about 2 years? Well over 35k miles, and they are fine.
Then again, I did just replace the O2s... :D
Which reminds me, they are due again!
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Re: The Best Spark Plugs? (bogus)
Go with NGK standard plugs
Stay away from the high priced gimmick plugs. Bosch + 4's, Splitfires, NGK Iridiums, etc.
Some will disagree here, but NGK Iridiums, while working great on a perfectly running car, tend to foul quickly if something like an O2 sensor goes out - leaving you with a no-start conditions. I replaced the plugs....with expensive NGK TR55 IX (Iridium plugs) and had the same thing happen, before I realized I had a faulty O2 sensor. So now I am down over $100 in SPARK PLUGS.
IMHO, Id rather have the piece-of-mind knowing if I was out somewhere away and an O2 sensor failed, Id be able to limp home instead of being left with a no-start condition.
Just my $.02
that is odd... I have always been under the influence that a super fine electrode would have been less prone to fowling...
I have been running the NGK's since they came out - about 2 years? Well over 35k miles, and they are fine.
Then again, I did just replace the O2s... :D
Which reminds me, they are due again!
Stay away from the high priced gimmick plugs. Bosch + 4's, Splitfires, NGK Iridiums, etc.
Some will disagree here, but NGK Iridiums, while working great on a perfectly running car, tend to foul quickly if something like an O2 sensor goes out - leaving you with a no-start conditions. I replaced the plugs....with expensive NGK TR55 IX (Iridium plugs) and had the same thing happen, before I realized I had a faulty O2 sensor. So now I am down over $100 in SPARK PLUGS.
IMHO, Id rather have the piece-of-mind knowing if I was out somewhere away and an O2 sensor failed, Id be able to limp home instead of being left with a no-start condition.
Just my $.02
that is odd... I have always been under the influence that a super fine electrode would have been less prone to fowling...
I have been running the NGK's since they came out - about 2 years? Well over 35k miles, and they are fine.
Then again, I did just replace the O2s... :D
Which reminds me, they are due again!
I've heard that before about platinum plugs, on a perfectly running stock engine, go for it, but on an engine that might not have the 100% perfect A/F ratio all the time you're better off with normal plugs. It was due to the size of the firing tip. I can only assume that the problem would be amplified by the smaller tip of the Iridium plugs.
I don't have any personal experience witht he matter but I have heard it before. Personally I can't justify $100 for a set of spark plugs. If you figure a normal set of plugs will last 30,000 miles and I can get them for $11. That's 300k miles worth of spark plugs before I equal the cost of the high dollar plugs.
