[s-cars] Re. Spark plug

[mike claire]

I had it happen to me too - have a look -->
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_claire/5261612554/

Never running those plugs again.  I switched to these -->
http://www.034motorsport.com/ignition-solutions-bosch-tri-electrode-copper-plug-heat-range-non-resistor-p-184.html.
 They seem fine for my application (MTM 1+ boosting to 22 psi).



Mike


On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:52 AM, <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:

> You digress?
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> Anyway... like I said, experience seems to vary.  I've dropped numerous
> electrodes on the Bosch plugs.  Hap and Mike Pederson had similar
> experiences.  After Hap had one of those incidents, I removed his turbo to
> find his turbine missing most of one blade from "passing" an electrode.
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> I've run the NGKs in my UrS at 30psi, as well as in my stage 3 '01 S4 with
> no trouble at all.
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> Cost was never an object for me... I just wanted a plug that wouldn't come
> apart.
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> Dave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Swann <benswann at verizon.net>
> To: djdawson2 <djdawson2 at aol.com>; cody <cody at 5000tq.com>
> Cc: qweblog <qweblog at gmail.com>; s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 11:32 pm
> Subject: Re. Spark plug
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> Dave,
> I digress.  I have never had a Bosch failure - the recommended F5DPOR plugs
> go for the duration and get replaced as a matter of course.
> The NGK plugs  on the other hand - several were pretty much DOA causing me
> a real troubleshooting nightmare.  I put the 100kmile Bosch back in place of
> the defective NGK and engine runs fine at over 3 Bar.
> The NGK weren't that cheap either.
> Go figure.
> Ben
> [Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:30:06 -0500 (EST)
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Spark plug
> To: qweblog at gmail.com, cody at 5000tq.com
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>  yeah, it is a dead horse, and seems to be personal preference.  Me... I
> will never install a Bosch plug in one of my cars again, not when there is
> an NGK alternative.  I've dropped one too many Bosch electrodes into the
> cylinder on high boost applications.
> Dave]
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