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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 04:42 PM
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Hello im tryin to change my spark pluges so that i can run the nitrous i just installed. Im having trouble geting the 8th plug I tried to get it from under the car. But i couldnt get my arm all the way threw because of my headers I have slp longtube headers. Is there anyway i can change the 8th plug without goining under the car. An how often do i have to change my pluges when I am running nitrous?
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 04:49 PM
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You need to find someone with a stick for an arm and a baby's left hand. What kind of plugs are you using? TR-6?
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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The pluges in the car now are stock the 1s im trying to put in are TR55
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:29 PM
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Take the coil packs off much easier
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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yea i think im goin to try that and remove the Air Pipe. Now the only other question i have is how often do i have to change my pluges when runing nitrous?
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 06:18 PM
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you wont have to worry about changing the plugs youll need a new motor with tr55's i would highly reccomend putting tr6's in and the intervals at which you have to change your plugs depends on how often you spray your nitrous and how big of a shot i change my plugs every 4-6 hits
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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I will be spraying a 100shot and spraying maybe every week when i go racing. So maybe like a bottle a week or every 2weeks. An what is the problem with TR55s?
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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take off the air tube on the header,dont loose to gasket,take off the coil packs and you should have the room you need.
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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TR55 are for NA cars you gotta use the TR6 when u spray ir or boost it beleave me i was on tr55 when i was shotting 125 at the car the 2nd time it blew motor only had 15K on it
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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you wont have to worry about changing the plugs youll need a new motor with tr55's i would highly reccomend putting tr6's in and the intervals at which you have to change your plugs depends on how often you spray your nitrous and how big of a shot i change my plugs every 4-6 hits
I get you now man I looked at the Nitrous section and found that chart TR6 are 1 step colder. 1 step down for each 100hp? somthin like that. Ok besides that from what i told u how often would I have to change my pluges after each bottle i use?
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 07:19 PM
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do the Tr-55s come pre gapped? I sure hope so!
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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you should be fine running a couple bottles through with 100 shot and tr6's i would say every 4 bottles if it were mine just to be safe but some people are going to have different opinions
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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