If you spring for the really expensive double platinum plugs (good for 100,000 miles) they will probably outlast you.

Hornman wrote:

If you spring for the really expensive double platinum plugs (good for 100,000 miles) they will probably outlast you.

Seriously?
6s6

6sally6 wrote:

Hornman wrote:

If you spring for the really expensive double platinum plugs (good for 100,000 miles) they will probably outlast you.

Seriously?
6s6

 
Well, yeah. The platinum contacts don't erode under use like the bare steel ones do. New cars have been supplied with platinum tipped 100,000 mile plugs for a long time. Has to be the double platinum though.

Rudi wrote:

Hornman wrote:

6sally6 wrote:

Seriously?
6s6

 
Well, yeah. The platinum contacts don't erode under use like the bare steel ones do. New cars have been supplied with platinum tipped 100,000 mile plugs for a long time. Has to be the double platinum though.

 
I don't know if this is true but I have been told that it takes more juice to fire the fancy shmancy plugs expensive and perhaps in the old ignition systems create more problems than not.
When I was having inition problems a few years ago I took my car to a racing guru who does a lot of offshore racing and engine builds, the first thing he did was take my $$$ Bosch plugs and throw them in the scrap. Car ran great ever since.
For the price of a new set of plain jane NGK's, I change them every year  whether they need them or not.This also gives me a good visual on how the burn is working.
Oh yeah, don't forget to always gap the new plugs,  regardless.

 
Your racing guru put new, properly gapped plugs in your engine and it ran great. Never seen that before.  Seriously, there is nothing wrong with standard plugs, particularly if you have a stock(ish) ignition system. NGK, Champion, Autolite, Bosch, all good plugs. Some engines do seem to run better with particular types of plugs, but that is when wringing out the last couple of percent of horsepower. If you have a high intensity ignition system, MSD or similar, then the platinum tipped plugs will give you good service for a long time. There is a reason the factories put the expensive plugs in their cars.

Hornman wrote:

Rudi wrote:

Hornman wrote:

 
Well, yeah. The platinum contacts don't erode under use like the bare steel ones do. New cars have been supplied with platinum tipped 100,000 mile plugs for a long time. Has to be the double platinum though.

 
I don't know if this is true but I have been told that it takes more juice to fire the fancy shmancy plugs expensive and perhaps in the old ignition systems create more problems than not.
When I was having inition problems a few years ago I took my car to a racing guru who does a lot of offshore racing and engine builds, the first thing he did was take my $$$ Bosch plugs and throw them in the scrap. Car ran great ever since.
For the price of a new set of plain jane NGK's, I change them every year  whether they need them or not.This also gives me a good visual on how the burn is working.
Oh yeah, don't forget to always gap the new plugs,  regardless.

 Your racing guru put new, properly gapped plugs in your engine and it ran great. Never seen that before.  Seriously,
there is nothing wrong with standard plugs, particularly if you have a stock(ish) ignition system. NGK, Champion, Autolite, Bosch, all good plugs. Some engines do seem to run better with particular types of plugs, but that is when wringing out the last couple of percent of horsepower. If you have a high intensity ignition system, MSD or similar, then the platinum tipped plugs will give you good service for a long time. There is a reason the factories put the expensive plugs in their cars.

 
Your reply to my above post on this thread is presumptuous, rude and sarcastic.
This type of rhetoric is uncalled for and not indicative of the standards that this forum is noted for.
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MustangSteve wrote:

LOL...  I think a simple ABDFI would have covered this one sufficiently ! 

Jim, didn't you get the bash long distance award in that car once?  And I have seen it at several other bashes.  That tells me your plugs are working quite well !!!

 Just thought I could get to the next one Quicker. O well. see you all this summer.