# spark plugs

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [March 26, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205 "2004-03-26T12:31:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/1 "2004-03-26T12:31:11Z")

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im going to go buy some spark plugs, what should i get? i was thinking just buy some ACdelco ones or something, im not really looking for “performacne” ones or anything, just the best for the money.

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**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/2 "2004-03-26T12:38:01Z")

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a/c

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**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/3 "2004-03-26T13:24:55Z")

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autolites

just change them every 3-5k miles

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**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/4 "2004-03-26T14:19:27Z")

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i got the acdelco plugs. hopfully this will fix the misfire problem.

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**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/5 "2004-03-27T12:35:34Z")

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> _Originally posted by 97GrandAMLD9_   
> **im not really looking for “performacne” ones or anything,**   
> 😃

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**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/6 "2004-03-27T16:32:04Z")

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> _Originally posted by SleeperGTP_   
> **😃**   
> 😕

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**Author:** ![JettaGT383](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JettaGT383](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JettaGT383)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/7 "2004-03-31T21:09:30Z")

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Bosch Platinum 2’s…or 4’s…

I am running the 2’s…

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**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/8 "2004-03-31T21:10:53Z")

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> _Originally posted by JettaGT383_   
> **Bosch Platinum 2’s…or 4’s…**
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> **I am running the 2’s…**

i hear some engines don’t like them…

i ran bosch platinums in my old Saturn… i didn’t feel a difference from cheap plugs…

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**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/9 "2004-03-31T21:15:25Z")

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ac delco

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**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/10 "2004-03-31T21:17:13Z")

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> _Originally posted by slowcamaro_   
> **ac delco**

if only they made cheap wires for my car…

damned japanese engine with its fifty dollar wires…

wires for my saturn cost less than a bucket of chicken at KFC…

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**Author:** ![Juice\_man86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Juice\_man86](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Juice_man86)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/11 "2004-03-31T22:53:23Z")

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I’d run ac delco in gm cars, autolites in fords, nipen denso in toyotas and hondas, and bisch in vws and porsche

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**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/12 "2004-04-01T12:37:01Z")

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yea i picked up some ac delcos. thanks everyone

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**Author:** ![PinfieldRX7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@PinfieldRX7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PinfieldRX7)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/13 "2004-04-23T22:50:18Z")

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> _Originally posted by JettaGT383_   
> **Bosch Platinum 2’s…or 4’s…**
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> **I am running the 2’s…**

jeep and chrystler hate those plugs i wouldnt put those in anything besides a VW

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Honda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Dr\_Honda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr_Honda)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/14 "2004-04-24T04:54:40Z")

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I run cheap ass Champion plugs in my Jeep. (it likes them) But I run NGK in all the Jap engines I’ve ownd. (dirt bikes, jet skis, etc) The honda just got a set of NGK Iridiums. I had problems with the ignition cutting out under boost. the VERY small iridium electrode can fire under high cylinder pressures. But they were $7 each.

Oh… Platnum plugs don’t realy give you any perfomance advatige. the resaon they were made was because platunum is much harder than nickle (std. plug) and they lasted longer for OEM aplications. (but iridium lasts even longer)

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**Author:** ![VictorSmalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/victorsmalls/32/5944_2.png) [@VictorSmalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VictorSmalls)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/15 "2004-04-24T06:58:37Z")

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NGK V-Powers seem to work well for me

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**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/16 "2004-04-27T07:03:00Z")

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I just get the cheapest plug I can find. Even on my super duper high performance SHO I couldn’t tell the difference between platinum, copper, or anything else. Why waste the money.

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**Author:** ![imported\_showtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@imported\_showtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_showtime)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spark-plugs/165205/17 "2004-04-27T17:39:09Z")

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i got denso’s in the svt
