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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 06:38 AM
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Plugs??

How offten should you change your plugs and what kind should you use? I have denso plugs in it now but ive never changed them yet and i have had the L for a year.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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What mods do you have? I plan to change mine every 10K miles on the new engine. I have never had any problems with NGK TR-6's, other than a little missing at idle. That is what I am going to stick with.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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What mods do you have? I plan to change mine every 10K miles on the new engine. I have never had any problems with NGK TR-6's, other than a little missing at idle. That is what I am going to stick with.
I agree. NGK TR-6 if you are running over stock boost. I change mine ever 10-15K. I have run everyting from Denso's to motorcraft and I keep going back to NGK. Good value too.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 09:17 PM
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Denso IT20's for well over a year. I know, I know....

Denso IT22's going on with a 6#er any day soon that I have the time..
What do you recommend for a gap on these? .38?

Jon
 
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by LightninSVT
Denso IT20's for well over a year. I know, I know....

Denso IT22's going on with a 6#er any day soon that I have the time..
What do you recommend for a gap on these? .38?

Jon
I would go with less gap than that with a 6#er. You may run the risk of blowing the spark out. Personally, I would gap them between 30 and 35.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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Why would one change Denso's at 10 or 15K? Denso recommends a 30,000 mile interval. Is there something unusually demanding about our engines?
 
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Tim Skelton
Why would one change Denso's at 10 or 15K? Denso recommends a 30,000 mile interval. Is there something unusually demanding about our engines?
I would say it's cheap preventive maintenance if it were TR-6's, but changing Denso's every 10-15K miles is not cheap.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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I am about to change my IT20's. I only have about 5000 miles on them. But the driving herE is mainly stop and go, on my initial install I gapped them at .36.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 06:47 PM
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Arrow I Plan On Running Mine To About 75000

Originally Posted by Tim Skelton
Why would one change Denso's at 10 or 15K? Denso recommends a 30,000 mile interval. Is there something unusually demanding about our engines?
On my lightning i plan on doing my plugs 75000 to 100000 why change them early no difference on lightning than any other motor
 
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 01:36 PM
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Plug Advice Needed

I just purchased a '99 L with 70,000 miles. It is in excellent condition and the only mods are a 1st gen PSP chip and a PSP air intake/cleaner.

It runs great but it still has its original plugs. I know the factory manual says they are good until 100,000 miles but I need some advice as to whether I should go ahead and change them out. And, if I change them, should I go with the OEM's or aftermarket, considering my mild tune/mods?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jim
 
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by L-Master
I just purchased a '99 L with 70,000 miles. It is in excellent condition and the only mods are a 1st gen PSP chip and a PSP air intake/cleaner.

It runs great but it still has its original plugs. I know the factory manual says they are good until 100,000 miles but I need some advice as to whether I should go ahead and change them out. And, if I change them, should I go with the OEM's or aftermarket, considering my mild tune/mods?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jim
Yes, I would change them. I would go with a set of NGK TR-6's.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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autolite AR94s, gapped .034. i would think for copper probably every 15k, and platinum probably every 30k. that's what i would do. actually i am going to pull at least one of mine once a year (4-6k miles) to check it out.
 
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