LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 07:19 AM
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Car has lt4hot cam, pnp heads, intake, tb, maf, hooker lths, hooker catback.

Would prefer a copper core plug I believe. Maybe I am wrong here. Willing to change plugs every 10k miles if necessary. Plats don't last long on these cars anyway.

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NGK TR55's. Thats what I am running and haven't had any problems.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 11:53 AM
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are they gapable or just put em in? Any recomendations for plug wires. I have a box of worn out msd wires he gave me looks like the heat from the headers killed the wires. Can you wrap wires with header wrap or some other protective wrap? THANKS
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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yea tr55 for N/A and tr6 for spray. I run the tr55.
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You'll need to set the gap on the TR55's. Yes you can wrap headers, but, the wrap has been know to cause rust on headers due to it retaining moisture.
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I picked up some tr55 g power last night. They look like plats I figured for less than a $1 more I'd go ahead and get em. I figured good plats for the car were going to be $7 or $8 a piece like they were for my typhoon. Or did I get the wrong plug? Gap on the car says .05 is that a safe bet? And what I was trying to ask (obviously i failed) is there something I can wrap the plug wires with. I don't want to wrap the headers. Orielies sp? has some nylon based heat resistant loom thats like $14 for 3 feet. I talked to a buddy though and that will prolly melt being as close to the headers as the wires are.

Also no spray on this car although it has a wet kit but thats going to be pulled out and sold.

Any idea on price would be nice it does not have a bottle and the kit is several years old. Guy at Orielies wants it and I don't want to give it away but i don't want to be an idiot either.

TIA for all the help.
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set the gap to .05
i'm running TR55's at .05 with my hotcam and they're working fine
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knight are you using the standard tr55 or tr55 gpower?
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