Well, I just picked up a nice fresh set of 2nd gen stock plugs from my local mazda dealer for my '85 GSL-SE. Funny think is, instead of the normal yellow/gold colour they usually are, this new set is silver colored?

They are the same NGL BUR7EQ and BUR9EQ's I always run, just a different colour. Has anyone else run in to this, or know why?

They seem to be working just fine, I'm just curious...

 

mine came the same they look verry different that the br9eq14's that the FB use

 

I've run both the stock 1st gen BR9EQ's, and the 2nd gen BUR7/9EQ's, and I find the 2nd gen's hold up better over time and hard driving, so they're what I normally run. But the colour on my new set is different, and it's just buggin' me.

 

weird. maybe they are trying something different for marketing reasons. how well do the 2nd gen plugs hold up in your SE??

 

2nd and 3rd gen plugs held up very well in my 12a streetport on the track and street!

the -P on the end of the NGK part number stands for Platinum. Last longer. Better spark IMO. Cost more!

 

Cost a LOT more... I've been thinking of trying them, but I just can't justfy the cost right now...

 

they cost me about 15 cents more a piece that the SE one so i dont think that cost too much.

 

i have never had good luck with ngk's so i picked up a set of champs not tomention a $4 per plug price diff

 

did you accidently change to the platinum tiped one??

? i dont know... just figure silver would be platinum.. my spark plugs are always white and blue

 

i still think it is a diferent design. i'll have to check the parts stores to confirm.

 

I picked up some BUR7EQs for my 20B last summer and they were the good old yellowish cadmium color, thank goodness.

 

tje last ones i bought were normal and they seem to be fine

 

Up here it's more like an extra couple of bucks a plug for the platinum... Maybe I should shop around a bit...

My first thought was that they might be platinum too, but the part number etched on the plug is BUR9/7EQ. No -P

 

Dude. NGK's and the bombdiggity... Champ (Chump) plugs belong in American boingers...