excort Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 has anyone ever heard of some one getting like inserts put in to the spark plug holes to take a diferent type of plug as i carnt seem to find a irdium plug that will fit my head and just got some one to order some they thought were the right size im abit anoyed caurse im more than likely gona be stuck with them now ive heard of people useing adapters that screw in to the head then the plug screws in to the adapter anyone got any ideas ? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 The question I'd be asking is why do you want iridium plugs anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 iridium plugs= bigger spark dont they ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 not worth the massive extra cost IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excort Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 yeah your right they fittd my mazda anyway so not tomuch of a loss must say i did notice a incress in power and alot smoother running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Main advantage is longer life...supposedly they give a bigger spark, but I've yet to see any valid proof of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 fuck that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isnowi Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Main advantage is longer life...supposedly they give a bigger spark, but I've yet to see any valid proof of. Thank you, saved me saying it. Amazing how well the placebo effect works for products like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzie Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Main advantage is longer life...supposedly they give a bigger spark, but I've yet to see any valid proof of. Yeah they're meant to last 100,000kms but if you maintain ya car then normals will do fine. My dads van has done a little over 100,000kms on normal $4 each plugs. Never missfires, and always has decent spark. Problem is they such a cunt to get out. I reckon he should put iridiums/platinums in and get half a million kms from them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Main advantage is longer life...supposedly they give a bigger spark, but I've yet to see any valid proof of. Yeah they're meant to last 100,000kms but if you maintain ya car then normals will do fine. More like 80, platinums are the 100k fuckers. Stuff that, unless you've got a dirty transverse V6 then theres no point spending $20+ per plug. Coppers are only supposed to be good for 30-50k's, but I've seen some pretty ancient ones still going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzie Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Main advantage is longer life...supposedly they give a bigger spark, but I've yet to see any valid proof of. Yeah they're meant to last 100,000kms but if you maintain ya car then normals will do fine. More like 80, platinums are the 100k fuckers. Stuff that, unless you've got a dirty transverse V6 then theres no point spending $20+ per plug. Coppers are only supposed to be good for 30-50k's, but I've seen some pretty ancient ones still going Dads is a 2.4 Delica spacewagon. 3 of the plugs cant be got at without taking out all in the intake, wiper motor and linkages, etc etc etc etc. It's a like a 4 hour job for a mechanic to do and I wouldnt exactly call my dad slow as a mechanic. Pain in the ass thing. And i've told him they wont cost 20+ each, cause I have trade account at Partmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Main advantage is longer life...supposedly they give a bigger spark, but I've yet to see any valid proof of. Yeah they're meant to last 100,000kms but if you maintain ya car then normals will do fine. More like 80, platinums are the 100k fuckers. Stuff that, unless you've got a dirty transverse V6 then theres no point spending $20+ per plug. Coppers are only supposed to be good for 30-50k's, but I've seen some pretty ancient ones still going Iridium pwns platinums!well there supposed to any way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 waste of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 properly specced NGK standard plugs do a mint job. i've never had any problems.... plus at trade they're stupid cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 yeah your right they fittd my mazda anyway so not tomuch of a loss must say i did notice a incress in power and alot smoother running Shit, the old plugs must have been rooted if ya noticed power increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kornstar Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 yeah your right they fittd my mazda anyway so not tomuch of a loss must say i did notice a incress in power and alot smoother running Shit, the old plugs must have been rooted if ya noticed power increase. = all in da head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 ass dyno is largely psychologically based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismo.capri Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 waste of time a waste of money The smaller electrode lowers the voltage potential needed to jump the gap so they can provice a bigger spark. This will only help if the spark you were getting before the Iridiums went in wasn't ignitining the AF mix properly. Personally Iridiums are for chasing every last bit HP and already have an electronic ignition, MSD Blaster coil, performance leads etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismo.capri Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 ass dyno is largely psychologically based. I've heard that you need to make at least 5-10% gains for the assomattic to detect an actual change in accleration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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