Spark Plugs!

[longfellowdeeds]

are bosch platnium +4 spark plugs any good??? they are quite pricey... and how do they compare to iridium?? thanks in advance!

 

[89 blue lx]

just use autolite 24's

 

[Rootus]

Platinums suck. Just get nice cheap Autolite copper's .

 

[madams74]

Bosch sucks.

 

[Rootus]

Bosch sucks.

That might be going a little far.

 

[madams74]

No it isnt. This company plays to the tune of ripping off the customers by making false claims. They abuse their name and allow people who are ignorant believe they are buying a superior product. This is abuse.

 

[94TURBO5 O]

are bosch platnium +4 spark plugs any good??? they are quite pricey... and how do they compare to iridium?? thanks in advance!

They are trash, IMO. Never use them in your 5.0 or you will miss like a mofo.

 

[Rootus]

No it isnt. This company plays to the tune of ripping off the customers by making false claims. They abuse their name and allow people who are ignorant believe they are buying a superior product. This is abuse.

I was being a little facetious -- Bosch makes more than just sparkplugs, and a number of parts on our cars. For example, the ABS. They're a pretty big company, I'll grant you that their spark plugs are garbage though.

 

[madams74]

They use the Microsoft technique to corner the market into having to buy their products. They are another monopoly and the O2 sensors they make are like the Windows operating system. EVERYONE has it installed.

 

[HISSIN50]

plats period (brand does not matter) are not great on efi 302's. some folks have low idle issues and high rpm cut out. platinum does not conduct well compared to (annealed) copper. as said, use whatever copper plugs you want.

plats have their place - cars with inaccessable plugs run them and they do fine (think: the other pony car).

 

[greenlantern]

Ive run both bosch+4s and autolites. I prefer the autolites. The Platinums run ok but the car seems to perform a little better with the autolites.

 

[squall9393]

Be stupid like me and spend $12.00 a piece and get some Denso Iridium for a stock engine

 

[OrangeMustangGt]

i heard platnim plugs take away 24 ft/lbs of torque on a stock motor, and add 1hp over ngk.,oo thats only if you have a bosch sticker on ur car tho.

 

[squall9393]

i heard platnim plugs take away 24 ft/lbs of torque on a stock motor, and add 1hp over ngk.,oo thats only if you have a bosch sticker on ur car tho.

 

[88 Fox GT]

Bosch plugs suck. 4 electrode posts...please. The spark is going to go the only ONE post at a time so what's the point of 4 of them? About as bad as "splitfire" plugs. I would use a good set of Autolites or use some Iridiums. Iridiums may not do much for a stock engine, but their life is much higher than standard copper plugs.

 

[squall9393]

Bosch plugs suck. 4 electrode posts...please. The spark is going to go the only ONE post at a time so what's the point of 4 of them? About as bad as "splitfire" plugs. I would use a good set of Autolites or use some Iridiums. Iridiums may not do much for a stock engine, but their life is much higher than standard copper plugs.

Not to mention if the spark has choose between 4 electrodes to arc to then there's got to be some hesitation in it's quest to find the "path of least resistance" and some cross-arcing going on in there and that's gotta make the spark less powerful and cause some kind of resistance I would think.

 

[wytstang]

Is it autolite 24s or 25s I was just at the autozone website and they only show the autolite 25.

 

[madams74]

The only thing I hate about the Autolites is the black coating starts to rust really bad. I like NGK V-powers. They have a nickle plated plug and they seem to do really good.
The electrode is grooved with a chute that allows the kernal to more less strike on the outer edges and blow outwards.

 

[fiveohh94gt]

24's are what you want, although the 25's are the stock replacement, same plug just the 24's are one heat range cooler