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so yeah.. yesterday i decided to change spark plugs in the car.. well i've done this more times than i can count (bout every 5-6k miles)and have gotten pretty good at it. however, since we didnt have any autolites in stock at work, i went for ac-delcos.. so after bout 1.5 hours, i'm all finished and everything is buttoned up. Crank the car... freakin misfire.. one cylinder is down. so i go and check all the wires but everything looks good.. figure ill just get a new set of wires cause i've had them on for a year and i get free replacements anyways.. so i do that. this morning i quick pop the new ones one.. still have the miss.. i'm really not pleased by this.. i cant drive my car like this and all my roomates are off at work. so i'm just stuck here now til someone can give me a ride to get new plugs.. after this i doubt i'll ever use ac plugs again. anyone else ever had this problem with ac plugs??? or am i just the lucky one.. lol..
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Phill<br /><br />95 camaro... need money for turbo project... <br />94 S10 Blazer - winter beater - infinity system to be installed soon<br /><br />\"The man who says it cant be done should not interrupt the man doing it...\" -
I have AC plugs becuase that is what the RK Sport powerdyne instructions suggested to put in. I have not had any problems til recently but I think it is a bad wire. I have a 2002 and still have 3 out of 6 of my original wires. I only changed the first 2 because of my headers, the straight boot ones would not work and I just changed another original one becuase that one was a little to close to the header and eventually melted through causing it to miss.Modifications:<br />headers, throtle bod spacer, flowmaster, high flow magnaflow carsound cat, powerdyne sc with 2.9\" pulley and by-pass valve, walboro 255 fuel pump, spec stage 2 clutch, and HP Tuners -
NGK's are awesome plugs. Cheap too, check them out. I wish the LT1 has the room the 3.4 does to change them... it needs it. But yeah, check out NGK. I've had good performance with them in my 93 V6.1995 Patriot Red T-Topped Z28 A4<br /><br />Mystery rebuild in progress.<br /><br />Soon to have 383 ways to beat KBreezy and Shane. :DComment
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yeah.. i've been meaning to try them but we dont sell tehm at autozone and i'm too lazy to drive down to advanced.. lol.. i think ill try the ngk iridiums once i get m y engine together..Phill<br /><br />95 camaro... need money for turbo project... <br />94 S10 Blazer - winter beater - infinity system to be installed soon<br /><br />\"The man who says it cant be done should not interrupt the man doing it...\"Comment
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nope, never really had problems w/ac delco plugs, but the autotrash plugs are a diferent story.1978 Formula 461 in progress of being built :rock:
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I've had AC Delco Professionals in my car for about 35k now, love em...along with my 19.99 Xact wires. :D
AC delco professionals are NGK TR55 ix's in disguise.-1999 Camaro Coupe 3800 Series II V6 A4 - SOLD<br />-1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP coupeComment
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Why exactly are you changing your plugs so often? Send them to me and I'll run them at least another 25k miles.~Derrick <a href=\"http://www.appstate.edu/~do54457/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>My Webpage</i></a><br /><b>\'96 3.8L V6 M5 Firebird Y87</b> | <b>162.8 RWHP</b> / <b>196.7 RWTQ</b> <br /><b>•</b> SLP CAI <b>•</b> <a href=\"http://tech.firebirdv6.com/y87.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Y87</b> Package</a> - 3.23s <b>•</b> 180º thermo w/ fan switch <b>•</b> TB spacer from DEE<br />1991 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4x4Comment
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well i had talked to the guy that runs our commercial sales department at autozone and apperently there was a bad batch of ac-delco plugs that came out recently. the guy at the local chevy dealer told him they've been havin a hell of a time with them. so i guess i got one of those. in any case, autolites have always served me well.. dojo, i use a standard plug, not a platinum. those type of plugs do start to fall off after like 10-12k or so. i just change them early cause i love to work on my car for whatever excuse i can come up with..lol..Phill<br /><br />95 camaro... need money for turbo project... <br />94 S10 Blazer - winter beater - infinity system to be installed soon<br /><br />\"The man who says it cant be done should not interrupt the man doing it...\"Comment
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That's pretty early cause copper plugs are recommended to be replaced every 30k or so, and platinums every 100k.~Derrick <a href=\"http://www.appstate.edu/~do54457/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>My Webpage</i></a><br /><b>\'96 3.8L V6 M5 Firebird Y87</b> | <b>162.8 RWHP</b> / <b>196.7 RWTQ</b> <br /><b>•</b> SLP CAI <b>•</b> <a href=\"http://tech.firebirdv6.com/y87.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Y87</b> Package</a> - 3.23s <b>•</b> 180º thermo w/ fan switch <b>•</b> TB spacer from DEE<br />1991 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4x4Comment
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I only use AC/Delco plugs in our '97 Firebird.
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Plugs in our cars suck...... Even after 9 years of bloody hands and it still takes me around 2 hours to change plugs . Uggggggggh. I would stretch the mileage out as much as possible between plug changes.Comment
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It usually takes me over 3 hours, but most of that time is spent cusing at my car.Originally posted by wantmorepower:
Plugs in our cars suck...... Even after 9 years of bloody hands and it still takes me around 2 hours to change plugs . Uggggggggh. I would stretch the mileage out as much as possible between plug changes.~Derrick <a href=\"http://www.appstate.edu/~do54457/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>My Webpage</i></a><br /><b>\'96 3.8L V6 M5 Firebird Y87</b> | <b>162.8 RWHP</b> / <b>196.7 RWTQ</b> <br /><b>•</b> SLP CAI <b>•</b> <a href=\"http://tech.firebirdv6.com/y87.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Y87</b> Package</a> - 3.23s <b>•</b> 180º thermo w/ fan switch <b>•</b> TB spacer from DEE<br />1991 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4x4Comment
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lol.. yeah, plugs do suck for our cars.. i got it down to like an hour and a half.. woulda been half hour less if i coulda gotten the spark plug wire off of cylinder 6... why they put that air pump bracket directly over the plug i'll never konw..Phill<br /><br />95 camaro... need money for turbo project... <br />94 S10 Blazer - winter beater - infinity system to be installed soon<br /><br />\"The man who says it cant be done should not interrupt the man doing it...\"Comment
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