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leads and plugs
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:24 pm
by Ajay
hey guys..
where is the best place to find YELLOW coloured leads (preferably better performance ones) and also Iridium PLugs..
and whats the $$$ for these roughly
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Ajay
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:33 pm
by Boags
eBay for iridiums!
I got my leads from QLD ignition leeds. They are high performance 9mm leads and they did yellow. They have a template and could post a set to you if you want.
Queensland Ignition Leads
1560 Anzac Ave Kallangur 4503
(07) 3886 5700
Fax (07) 3886 5711
Mobile Service 0416 366 486
Boags
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:43 pm
by Ajay
thanks boags..
just got some BKR6EIX-11 i hope these were the right ones.. its what the NGK website said lol..
now i have to call this leads place
Cheers and thanks again
Ajay
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:46 pm
by Ajay
oh and buy the way iridiums are the good plugs for lasting a long time arent they?.. not platinums..
Cheers
Ajay
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:07 pm
by irwin83r
mx5_boy wrote:oh and buy the way iridiums are the good plugs for lasting a long time arent they?.. not platinums..
Cheers
Ajay
is what they say yeah
i got yellow leads from repco about a year ago for 110 think they were top guns
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:38 am
by Geoffro
mx5_boy wrote:oh and buy the way iridiums are the good plugs for lasting a long time arent they?.. not platinums..
Cheers
Ajay
No the other way around, platinums last 80000k's the iridiums are a performance plug.
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:42 am
by Sean
I'm still yet to find any magical spark plugs...
As long as you have the right temp and gap you sholdn't be having problems with the good old $3 NGKs.... And at $3 you buy a whole lot of plugs before you're up to the cost of any of the supposedly better ones.
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:31 am
by Garry
What Sean said. The platinum ones are great for those stupid cars that need to be half disassembled to get to the plugs. A plug change in an MX5 is a 10min job. I'd rather buy the cheapies and replace them at regular intervals and pocket the change for other more worthwhile pursuits.
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:50 am
by GP
Yay,I was beginning to think everyone has been sucked in by these \"Magic Plugs\".
Standard NGK's are the way to go.
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:54 am
by kula
i run the bosch 4 prong jobbies, and it might have been placebo effect, but i think i noticed a little more mid range torque..
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:11 pm
by GP
They are for oil burners, Only 1 will spark and when it fouls 1 of the others should take over.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:40 pm
by Sean
GP wrote:They are for oil burners, Only 1 will spark and when it fouls 1 of the others should take over.
They are popular amongst the guys in formula V racing too, I assume for similar reasons ie one fails the next takes over.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:43 pm
by pcmx5
kula wrote:i run the bosch 4 prong jobbies, and it might have been placebo effect, but i think i noticed a little more mid range torque..
I did two back to back runs at a club dyno day a couple of years ago with old plugs and then the Bosch 4 prong ones and LOST 1 kw!!
I can't rember what the torque figs were and they may have given a better spread of torque or more torque but i was a bit miffed at the time as they weren't cheap!!!
Peter
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:35 pm
by Sean
Is 1kw really measurable? I mean heat soak could easily account for 1kw
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:22 pm
by pcmx5
Sean wrote:Is 1kw really measurable? I mean heat soak could easily account for 1kw
It was 1.6 or something and it certainly wasn't an improvement!!!!!!!
However I withdraw this remark on the ground that it is technically inadmissable!!!
Peter