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Old 05-23-04, 01:56 AM
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Best spark plugs?

What are the best spark plugs to use for my 88 vert? As of now I have autolites in.
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NGK's, 2 Bur7eq's + 2 bur9eq's
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Those NGKs are what I am running and they rock. I have never fowled or flooded them even with the trailing plug wires completely destroyed with no voltage to them. the idle was rough though. wait....still is!damn!
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Stock and nothing else for me.
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i only use ngk. if you wanna splurge get the platinums.
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are the platinums any better? What benefits does the engine get with these plugs?


I have stock NGKs to.
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No choice... as covered before (hint hint search next time) by far best plug for the 13B is the Denso Iridium plugs.

IRE01-27 for the leading
IRE01-31 for the trailing

Blows the NGK away... both in sparkplug life and durability as well as actual spark propagation.

I use them in my 88 vert as well as they will be used in the 10thAE when I get it running.

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Originally posted by 95nracer
NGK's, 2 Bur7eq's + 2 bur9eq's
I use these as well...
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Where are denso's available? What kind of price difference?
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Iridiums are the BEST spark plugs for the 13B, period.
Can you afford $30+ per spark plug?
That's close to $150 for all four for ONE engine.


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Originally posted by RETed
Iridiums are the BEST spark plugs for the 13B, period.
Can you afford $30+ per spark plug?
That's close to $150 for all four for ONE engine.


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Ok well autozone carries them but are they really 35 each?
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Ask them?


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Denso iridium plugs= NGK

Nippon Denso makes both.

So to say Nippon Denso makes the best plugs for the 7....
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TED: can you run Iridium and then the regular NGK's ? i.e. split between trailing and leading.
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meh.
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Originally posted by fastrotaries
TED: can you run Iridium and then the regular NGK's ? i.e. split between trailing and leading.
Yes.


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Originally posted by spunks
Denso iridium plugs= NGK

Nippon Denso makes both.

So to say Nippon Denso makes the best plugs for the 7....
Uh, AFAIK, NGK and ND are two different companies.
Do you have proof they are the same?


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I've argued about splitting the plugs with platinum and Iridium. (simply because Iridium is $$$$) but i've never been able to figure out which goes which. Stick the Iridium in the leading or trailing. For now, i just run stock trailings all the way around.
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anyone ever try the bosch platinum +4s? We've run them in all our pistons cars out of our shop lately and have been very happy
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Bosch is crap.
I used to use them on Hondas, and they are suspect on quality control - dunno why.
I've heard of center electode failures.


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just curious how much longer the denso plugs last compared to the stock plugs?


for 30 a plug it better last quite some time longer then stock


and how much of a difference will there really be with them vs stock for power/mpg and such
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Originally posted by RETed
Uh, AFAIK, NGK and ND are two different companies.
Do you have proof they are the same?


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It says nippon denso right on my packages of ngk plugs.


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