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Old May 6, 2011 | 09:18 AM
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Going to get a new set of some NGK TR55's and need to know if i should be getting the iridium/platinum or standard. If you have a part number let me know.

Car is heads/cam/ported intake/boltons/t56
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Old May 6, 2011 | 09:50 AM
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Going to get a new set of some NGK TR55's and need to know if i should be getting the iridium/platinum or standard. If you have a part number let me know.

Car is heads/cam/ported intake/boltons/t56
just run the regular v power plug...........i been running them for years im my car with no issues at all.....plus they're like $2.50 each........very seldom do you get to go fast and be cheap lol
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Old May 6, 2011 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by 1mean96ss
Going to get a new set of some NGK TR55's and need to know if i should be getting the iridium/platinum or standard. If you have a part number let me know.

Car is heads/cam/ported intake/boltons/t56
copper is a better conductor than iridium & platinum
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Old May 6, 2011 | 10:57 AM
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just run the regular v power plug...........i been running them for years im my car with no issues at all.....plus they're like $2.50 each........very seldom do you get to go fast and be cheap lol
How often do you change them out?
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Old May 6, 2011 | 12:12 PM
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How often do you change them out?
in my lt1 i change em once a month or so....usually they are perfectly fine but i do them any way just for inspection....thats in a race application though...........i have them in my gto and they've been in there prob two years now.....and in my truck over two years now
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