i hate changing tha plugs

[1999Spectre]

I had a cylinder misfire and it was my number six. my question is Why did chevy put those spark plugs in such an awkward place? i'm glad it was number six and not the one rite beside it cause it was a biT@h ayway but i dont want to think about that other one.......that was :bs:

[hockeyman]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

Change your plugs, but also check your #6 spark plug wire too. That is KNOWN to leak because it sits extremely close to the hot intake manifold. Mine burned out & misfired twice before until I finally found the problem. I just replaced all of the wires and wrapped them with Header Wrap where they come very close to engine parts. You could even get heat sleeves or high temp wires.

[shenanigans]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

guess tubular manifolds help that much, because I did my plugs in like 15 min.

[1999Spectre]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

how? did you have a lift? mine are a ***** to change.

[slow6]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

compared to a rebuild, I LOVE changing plugs!!

[BobDoLe]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

how? did you have a lift? mine are a ***** to change.

BUMP!!

How the HELL do you change the damn plugs in 15 minutes?! :rant:

[slow6]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

easy
you gotta have a deep socket
me and Eric ought to have a contest to see who can do it faster!

[redbird8628]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...12_48_full.jpg

i can do them in 2 minutes as of now :p

[97rs4life]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

BUMP!!

How the HELL do you change the damn plugs in 15 minutes?! :rant:

he has the tubular manifolds whereas you have the log manifolds

[svtjackal]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

at least it's not a lightning the plug changes on my lightning takes me at least 2 hours or $350 at the dealer, the camaro takes me about 45 min to 1 hour

[Crispy]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

I did mine due to a misfire recently. I jus bought the car and I was used to doin plugs on my 79 which was a breeze. Those things took me a while, but I'm pretty sure I can knock em out now in 30 mins. Having an 01 with the tubulars did help a lot. The only one I had to get under the car for was #5, which was the spot of my misfire.

[vanbibber]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

you guys THINK you have it bad... try doing lt1 plugs. its no less than a 2-3 hour job with stock manifolds. id rather be shot than do them ever again.

[stevethepirate]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

i did a plug change in about 8 minutes.






















on a 4 cylinder tiburon.

took me all day in my car, but now that i know how to do it, i feel like i could do it in an hour. it took me hours to figure out how to pull the boot off, and then a lot of time to let the bleeding slow down.

[Ace]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

took me all day in my car, but now that i know how to do it, i feel like i could do it in an hour. it took me hours to figure out how to pull the boot off, and then a lot of time to let the bleeding slow down.

LOL I know what you mean man. The first time i changed my plugs and wires at 60k miles the wire boots where cooked to the plug and by the time i had enough pull power on it to get it free my hands where smashing into things at 100 lbs of pressure. Bloody and brused knuckles, a sh¡t load of F words and 2 hours later it was done. I upgraded to 8.5 wires and NGK plugs and replaced a coil the other day and it only took 20 min total! So the moral of this story is...Change your spark plugs/wires before their is 60k miles on them or Use plenty of grease on them !

[BobDoLe]

Re: i hate changing tha plugs

I had to change my stock plugs for TR6's for nitrous application. Luckily they only come in packs of four so I had two extra. First I snapped the stock plug in half while it was in the engine. Then I shattered one of the TR6's trying to get it in. When I fractured another TR6 I headed over to a tune-up shop and paid them $90 bucks to get it done in 30 minutes.