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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 12:14 PM
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I am looking to upgrade my plugs and wires here in early spring and am trying to find out what to go with. I do not have headers yet (keyword is yet) but I am worried about melting the wires so they have to be good at resisting heat. But my question is whats a good plug/wire combination? Preferably a combination that produces a really hot spark for maximum performance, isnt that why we all love our ls1's? Any suggestions from MSD to Nology will suffice, I would like as many opinions as possible.

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Click here:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/new-ls1-owners-newbie-tech/140025-spark-plugs.html
This might help start the ball rolling.

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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 12:30 PM
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Numerous dyno sessions have shown taylor wires and bosch +4's to be the best
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A sponsor on "the other website" posted a spark plug misfire chart once. It showed Denso Iridium plugs to have the lowest misfire rate (like 1/10 of NGKs). And stay away from platinum plugs. Lots of people like them, but the tips have a tendancy to flake off....not a good thing inside your cylinders! And I like Taylor 10mm wires.
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Originally Posted by triumphman
Numerous dyno sessions have shown taylor wires and bosch +4's to be the best
Where could we see the dyno comparisons
between wires & plugs?
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I have NGK TR55IX and MSD wires. feels like a brand new car!
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where can I pick up the Denso's and Taylor wires? I would like to get them from the same place. I had denso's in my honda before I realized the errors of my ways and they were great. What kind of a dent in the wallet am I looking at for the Taylor 10mm and denso's?

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Originally Posted by jimmyblue
Where could we see the dyno comparisons
between wires & plugs?
i dont have the dyno sheets they went with the customer but i know the bosch + 4s came out on top not by much[1-2 hp] over ngktr55/denso irridium/beru silverstone/bosch platnium. there was only 4to5 hp difference from best to worst but when you are racing those 1s and 2s adds up.
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