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Engine good place to buy iridium plugs???

Discussion in 'Powertrain' started by Schoat333, May 7, 2004.

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    Schoat333 New Member

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    good place to buy iridium plugs???

    well i know that these new plugs are supposed to last longer and everything but i think by hot rodding my car around like i do i may have worn one out... i get a missfire every so often at low idle that goes away when i hit the gas a lil bit so im guessing its a plug missfire. i was wondering if anyone knows were the best place to buy them is... i can get NGK's thru my work but they are 6 bucks a piece. plus is NGK or DENSO a better plug?
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    if im not mistaken, ours comes with iridium stock already
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    yes our cars do come with them.... i wanna buy new ones and i was just wondering were to get em at the best price and best quality
    Schoat333, May 7, 2004
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    Re: good place to buy iridium plugs???

    NGK and Denso are the same company. they both make the same plugs. denso is more for big companies use like Toyota/Lexus and Nissan/Infiniti. NGK is basically for retail company like pepboys or napa.
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    yea i thought so... my sisters 01 corolla has NGK's and mine has Denso's so i figured they were the same
    Schoat333, May 7, 2004
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    I bought 4 OEM plugs from Toyota (the markings say Denso SK16). I think they are specially designed for Toyota to maximize fuel efficiency or spark efficiency. I say to hell with that. I'd go jump for IK20s right now for max. performance.
    KingKuei, May 7, 2004
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    Club Plug http://www.clubplug.net/index.html is a good spark plug source. They have the Denso IK16's at $11.20 each. The IK20 is a much colder plug suitable for super/turbo-charged applications. Running it in stock engine may cause fouling by carbon tracking as the plug operates below its self cleaning temperature.
    I've switched to Bosch's Platinum 4's http://www.boschusa.com/AutoParts/SparkPlugs/PlatinumPlus4/# (#4418) at $6.54 each, and it now starts much better, runs stronger and gets better fuel mileage. I ran a set for 125000 hard miles in my old Neon with very minimal wear apparent only on the ground electrodes...
    dominator, May 8, 2004
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    tom, May 10, 2004
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