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spark plugs

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 12:33 am
by Nasser
what are some good spark plugs that come gapped that i could pick up from an auto zone or something? mine were so tight it was impossible to get off with hand, i had to take a 6 foot steel pipe from a ceiling fan and stick it on the socket arm just to get the damn things loose and i snapped the porcelain on 1 and the other 1 is cracked i cant tell if the others are but i need to replace them encase they are. so yeah which plugs cost like 12 bux or so for 4 of em and come like pre gaped?

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 12:47 am
by landslideATX
i think the ngk ones do. not the iridiums but the ones below that. i used to use them i forgot what they are called though.

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:49 am
by Nasser
huuu? what do you mean by the ones below that.

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 1:28 pm
by hvguy
it means goto toyota and get the OEM ones =)

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:19 pm
by nt66
just get ngks and gap them yourself the stock gap fails for peformance

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:37 pm
by Nasser
with what a flathead and make it a little bit bigger?

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:56 am
by hvguy
no, with the .99 cent park plug gapper that they sell at the store you buy anything from.... I swear ive seen them even at grocery stores.

or since your pinching pennies on 3$ sparkies, you could always ballpark the gap with a flathead :wink:

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:52 am
by Nasser
was that sarcasm or can i really just use a flathead and make it a tiny bigger than my pre gapped ones so its a difference you can tell if u look close.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:02 pm
by nt66
Nasser wrote:was that sarcasm or can i really just use a flathead and make it a tiny bigger than my pre gapped ones so its a difference you can tell if u look close.
you want the gap TIGHTER not larger in peformance applications the stock gap is way to big

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:29 pm
by Nasser
so basically i can look at my pre gapped ones and then gap my new ones by hand so that the gap looks a little smaller? or do they all have to be the exact measurement on every plug so i have to buy a gaper?

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 3:31 pm
by nt66
Nasser wrote:so basically i can look at my pre gapped ones and then gap my new ones by hand so that the gap looks a little smaller? or do they all have to be the exact measurement on every plug so i have to buy a gaper?
the gapper is seriously like 99 cents just buy it and gap them all to like 26-28 thousandths