Spark plugs
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If you dont have issues, dont sweat it. With the fox guys, they often notice a lower idle and a higher RPM cut-out (around 4K RPM). But many folks do run plats and notice no issues. I would not buy them to install but if in there and doing well, leave 'em be IMHO.
Good luck.
Good luck.
KamiKaziDK
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I've had the bosch +4s in my car for 2 years and had no problems at all with them. Putting in some the accell header plugs soon. The only time you really shouldn't use platinums is if you're running NOS. But like they say....if it ain't broke....don't fix it......and if you're a 5.0 owner, keep modding the SOB
RFMustangGT
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I had plats in mine and it's ran like crap. swithced to autolites and it ran like a champ. then again, my car is crazy.
blksn955.o
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A buddy had some botched 
plat. plugs and we went to the track. His truck ran .5-.7 slower than his prev. track times with the same 60ft. He put the old plugs back in and ran .4-.5 faster with the crappy old plugs, I cannot remember the exact amount of time lost or picked back up but do remember it was over .5 slower and thought it was even slower than that and he was slower than his avg. with the older plugs but still quite abit better than the brand new botched plat. plugs.
plat. plugs and we went to the track. His truck ran .5-.7 slower than his prev. track times with the same 60ft. He put the old plugs back in and ran .4-.5 faster with the crappy old plugs, I cannot remember the exact amount of time lost or picked back up but do remember it was over .5 slower and thought it was even slower than that and he was slower than his avg. with the older plugs but still quite abit better than the brand new botched plat. plugs.
illwood
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I'm not doubting you, but was the effect due to the "platinum" itself, or were the "botched"blksn955.o said:A buddy had some botched
plugs in the wrong heat range for what he had done to the truck?
blksn955.o
Founding Member
They were the exact same heat range (factory range), gapped the exact same as the req. gap for the auto, and just plain sucked.
For the money and perf. just get some copper core plugs either autolite or NGK The one thing I dont like about NGK is there sometimes hard to get 2ranges colder and if you do they are gen. in the irrid. type plug and those are not cheap.
For the money and perf. just get some copper core plugs either autolite or NGK The one thing I dont like about NGK is there sometimes hard to get 2ranges colder and if you do they are gen. in the irrid. type plug and those are not cheap.
Guys, platinum is very hard and does not conduct nearly as well as annealed copper (autolite 25's, etc). This is simply a fact and Blk, I dont doubt your story. Plats are (IMHO) great for cars which are not performance oriented or that have inaccessible plugs. Otherwise, it is like trying to autocross on cheap hard tires (which last forever) rather than some supple tires which dont last as long. (the one thing with copper is that it suffers more gap erosion than plats, since it is softer and runs hotter).
Good luck.
Good luck.
WhiteDevil
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95Vert
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sage2k, the autolite are like a buck fifty each. Get them and decide for yourself. I know I used platinum once and when I did another tune up, I used autolite and I noticed a difference.
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