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Copper Vs Bosch Plugs

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  • Start date Start date Oct 25, 2017

Scott7512

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should I use motorcraft copper plugs or Bosch double iridium? I have a msd box and coil with gt40p heads.
 

JD1964

there is enough sticking out to grab on to
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My vote is for Motorcraft
 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Motorcraft or even autolites, nothing special needed
 
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Shakerhood

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Stick with Copper Plugs.
 

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell
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Copper.

Keep in mind, this is a 30+ year old ignition. Platnium plugs, let alone iridiums, were not in mainstream use so ignitions were not designed for them.

Plugs on 5.0's are easy to change out anyway.
 
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88LXSleeper

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NGK copper in all my cars.
 

a91what

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I use copper plugs even with boost. Everything else is just throwing money away
 
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