Spark Plugs
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Spark Plugs
I am getting ready to change spark plugs and was wondering what the rest of you V6 owners have used and if your happy with them
Thanks,
99XLT
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99 4.2 XLT Red Flareside Sport, Homemade open air box with a K&N Filter, Black Nerf bars, catback exhaust,Superchip, Rear 2 inch drop, clear front corners, Helix Throttle Body Spacer, Enkei RT6 wheels.
Future mods include a Belltech 2/4 lowering kit and a Snuglid.
Thanks,
99XLT
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99 4.2 XLT Red Flareside Sport, Homemade open air box with a K&N Filter, Black Nerf bars, catback exhaust,Superchip, Rear 2 inch drop, clear front corners, Helix Throttle Body Spacer, Enkei RT6 wheels.
Future mods include a Belltech 2/4 lowering kit and a Snuglid.
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99XLT;
There are several options with plugs. However, take into consideration what you do with your truck and what you intend on doing to it by way of modifications.
If you intend on supercharging in the near future, if you do a lot of towing, or a lot of driving (thousand clicks a day) then you should replace with the OEM spec plugs.
If you do not intend on doing any engine modifications and you only do the basic driving and occasional street race then the Bosch Plus 4's are a nice plug to go with. However, with my experience, the price for a platinum plug is outweighd by the reliability of an OEM plug.
Those are by two bits.
Paul Lefebvre
Autonet Performance
http://www.autoperformance.net
There are several options with plugs. However, take into consideration what you do with your truck and what you intend on doing to it by way of modifications.
If you intend on supercharging in the near future, if you do a lot of towing, or a lot of driving (thousand clicks a day) then you should replace with the OEM spec plugs.
If you do not intend on doing any engine modifications and you only do the basic driving and occasional street race then the Bosch Plus 4's are a nice plug to go with. However, with my experience, the price for a platinum plug is outweighd by the reliability of an OEM plug.
Those are by two bits.
Paul Lefebvre
Autonet Performance
http://www.autoperformance.net
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From: Regina,Sk,Canada
I've tried Bosch Platinum plugs and found them to be inferior to the stock Motorcraft platinum plug. Besides that the service person at my dealership informed me that Ford has posted a bulletin about Bosch plugs. They recommend not using them as they burn at a lower temperature causing hard starts and lower fuel mileage.
Hman
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