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Old Dec 12, 2018 | 10:47 PM
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I have a 2002 zo6. The car has a cam, heads, headers, CAI, full exhaust and it’s tuned (440-500 RWHP). What’s a good plug to run? Anybody have a similar set up and like a certain kinda plug?
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I have a 2002 zo6. The car has a cam, heads, headers, CAI, full exhaust and it’s tuned (440-500 RWHP). What’s a good plug to run? Anybody have a similar set up and like a certain kinda plug?
What plugs do you have now and do you like them?
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Originally Posted by Mvmiller28
I have a 2002 zo6. The car has a cam, heads, headers, CAI, full exhaust and it’s tuned (440-500 RWHP). What’s a good plug to run? Anybody have a similar set up and like a certain kinda plug?
With that hp stock are fine. I ran my stock plugs to 700hp 14 lbs of boost.
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Ngk tr6 @ .040
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To be honest with you, my car is on my lift stored for the winter so I don’t know what plugs are in the car right now. I like to buy upgrades and maintenance things over the winter so when spring comes I’m ready to wrench and ride.
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If you are going to run the 93 octane E10 gas or 91 octane E0 gas the stock type plug is fine. If you are going to run higher octane (w/wo lead) you might need a different plug. NGK and ACDelco are the more popular ones, you can use copper, platinum or iridium plugs and the gaps might vary as a result. Copper are better conductors of spark but should be changed at 20K, Platinum will last longer around 50K and Iridium usually last to about 100K.
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TR55 or TR6
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At 440rwhp we would run TR55's.
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