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Jan 10, 2010 | 03:23 PM

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Spark Plug gap question

what spark plug should i go with in a 2002 5.3 with these mods? i was looking at e3's and the Bosch Platinum+4's but i figured i'd ask first

also what should i gap them at?

218/224 .550/.550 114lsa cam
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Jan 10, 2010 | 08:54 PM

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Most people on this site run NGK tr55 on n/a motors .That's what I use in my t/a.

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Jan 10, 2010 | 09:13 PM

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Most people on this site run NGK tr55 on n/a motors .That's what I use in my t/a.

gapped to what?

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Jan 11, 2010 | 07:12 AM

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gapped to .050" works pretty good.

$2 ngk tr5s are hard to beat

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Jan 11, 2010 | 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by nastychevelle

i was looking at e3's and the Bosch Platinum+4's but i figured i'd ask first

also what should i gap them at?

Both of those plugs are gapped during manufacturing and are not supposed to be gapped by the end user. They're also overpriced junk.

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