E3 Spark Plugs
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From: Chestnut Hill, Philadelph
I have owned a wide variety of vehicles and I have gotten noticably better power and mileage with NGK Iridiums in my foreign vehicles and trackbikes. However I was first introduced to Champion Iridium plugs in aircraft. Every last one of the high performance reciprocating aircraft engines I have seen has come equipped with the Champion iridium plugs. The maintenace manuals all go out of their way to state that only those plugs may be used.
Long story short, I have a set of them in my 300 and they are worth every of the $6.50 per plug. The champions never worked right in any of my foreign vehilces, but they seem to be in their element in the relatively low compression of my 300. Of course I shaved back the ground electrode a little and adjusted the gap accordingly, but I do that with all of my plugs. Every set I have put in any vehicle I own has had that done and I am convinced it helps.
Long story short, I have a set of them in my 300 and they are worth every of the $6.50 per plug. The champions never worked right in any of my foreign vehilces, but they seem to be in their element in the relatively low compression of my 300. Of course I shaved back the ground electrode a little and adjusted the gap accordingly, but I do that with all of my plugs. Every set I have put in any vehicle I own has had that done and I am convinced it helps.
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From: Arkansas
I manage a parts store in my home town. I have been in parts for about 12 years now.
Every set of E3's that have been sold in my store, have all been warrantied. Most customer try another set, then come back to get a different brand, or a refund. Some were installed by installer & some by shade trees, but ALL have been warrantied!
Customers stated, no miss in engine, just time to replace plugs, but after installing, most missed on 1 or more cyl.
Personaly, I would not put'em in my daughters Barbie Jeep! Lol
hope this helps....
Every set of E3's that have been sold in my store, have all been warrantied. Most customer try another set, then come back to get a different brand, or a refund. Some were installed by installer & some by shade trees, but ALL have been warrantied!
Customers stated, no miss in engine, just time to replace plugs, but after installing, most missed on 1 or more cyl.
Personaly, I would not put'em in my daughters Barbie Jeep! Lol
hope this helps....
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From: Fayetteville, NC
i agree 100% with indexing, that will give you better results then gimmick bling bling plugs, all those jack ***'s are doing is trying to sale snake oil !
i also agree with shunning hot rod TV......sometimes the blatant sale out these shows do really make ya wonder about what else they are BS'ing about.....of course, anymore, these shows are nothing more then glorified infomercials
EDIT: long story short, you shouldn't have to know enough, to know when they are BS'ing !...... its just like split fires back in the day, anyone who knows basic electronics knows that EVERYTHING follows the path of least resistance... electricity.....water....even airflow to an extent....
i also agree with shunning hot rod TV......sometimes the blatant sale out these shows do really make ya wonder about what else they are BS'ing about.....of course, anymore, these shows are nothing more then glorified infomercials
EDIT: long story short, you shouldn't have to know enough, to know when they are BS'ing !...... its just like split fires back in the day, anyone who knows basic electronics knows that EVERYTHING follows the path of least resistance... electricity.....water....even airflow to an extent....
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Beautiful post!
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i agree 100% with indexing, that will give you better results then gimmick bling bling plugs, all those jack ***'s are doing is trying to sale snake oil !
i also agree with shunning hot rod TV......sometimes the blatant sale out these shows do really make ya wonder about what else they are BS'ing about.....
i also agree with shunning hot rod TV......sometimes the blatant sale out these shows do really make ya wonder about what else they are BS'ing about.....
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From: Fayetteville, NC
school me on side gapping, not sure i know that one.....lol, but yes, indexing can be a pain in the butt !
EDIT: let me guess, bend the ground to the side and gap it like that, instead of gapping regular way ?
EDIT: let me guess, bend the ground to the side and gap it like that, instead of gapping regular way ?
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From: Long Beach, Calimexiforia
Thinking about it, I stretched the pre-side gapped plug till i got a miss at .058. Brought the gap back to .056 & ran that a few days. Then I pulled them, side gapped them and regapped (at 45 degree angle) at .054. as mentioned .044 is stock gap for me. I've driven to & from Oregon twice. About 4k, & another 3k locally. 7+k so far , so personally I'm not sure yet. But that's w/ 4 700+ mile nonstops (both gas tanks) at 80mph w/o stopping, w/ a Harley strapped to the bed. They've yet to skip a beat, at idle or under load. Something interesting I noticed was at 16 BTDC, the engine seems to run cooler sidegapped at .054 than at .044 not sidegapped! At 65mph I get 23mpg.
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