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Old 07-08-2008, 11:36 PM
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Im useing the cheap ngk plugs now they been in about 1 year I think there already shot feels like there starting to miss car is serging at times and pulling to one side sometimes.

Anyone using autolites platinum plugs, if there no good I can just get delcos
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I change my plugs so often I am buying them by the case...no ****. Getting better at reading them anyways

NGKs are not horrible and another set should be fine.

I am personaly useing Auto lite racing plugs. AR94's and AR93's for the street and AR474's and AR473's for the track
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I ran NGK's in my ls1 and changed them every 10k miles. They were just so cheap I would literally just do them on a Sunday if I was bored...

They always worked great for me also...
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Originally Posted by ROUDA
Im useing the cheap ngk plugs now they been in about 1 year I think there already shot feels like there starting to miss car is serging at times and pulling to one side sometimes.

Anyone using autolites platinum plugs, if there no good I can just get delcos
I don't know a lot about cars but why would plugs going bad cause pulling to one side???
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it pulls slightly because the motor isnt running straight 3 fire on one side and four on the other. I think I mite try the autolite platnium they sell 2 packs at walmart cheap.

I got them bocsh peices of **** o2's they could be going bad the car is running like ****
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Does your car have dual exhaust?

if so, you may need to get the dual tips (two on each side) to balance things out.
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You better get that taken care of. These motors make a ton of power. First it starts off with just making the car pull to one side, if you let it go long enough it might pull the entire planet it out of it's correct orbit. Please, for mankind's sake, get the car fixed.
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Originally Posted by ROUDA
it pulls slightly because the motor isnt running straight 3 fire on one side and four on the other. I think I mite try the autolite platnium they sell 2 packs at walmart cheap.

I got them bocsh peices of **** o2's they could be going bad the car is running like ****
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this is a joke right?

if not I'm sorry and do not mean to insult you due to your lack of knowledge of your car

The car will not pull to one side or the other unless maybe it has a TOP Fuel motor in it and it lost 1 bank

really though..there is something else causing your alignment to be off then the reasons you have stated.

good luck sorting it out
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This thread made my morning.
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haha wow you guys are crazy took this out of control.
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So what happens if you have a Jeep with an inline 6 motor, and one cylinder is missing?
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Originally Posted by jasonp31
So what happens if you have a Jeep with an inline 6 motor, and one cylinder is missing?
Your Jeep starts hovering

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Originally Posted by ROUDA
I can just get delcos
Yes, get the Delcos and an alignment.
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Originally Posted by Purple95Z28


Your Jeep starts hovering

Or a volvo five cylinder with two misfires each at the rear of the motor? will it fly away like a rocket ship?

and yes i agree this thread made my morning as well.
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Oh dear lord, lol. At least the humor derived from reading this balanced out the headache I got from the un-grammar.
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my old 280z dropped a plug one time. everything around me stopped. not sure what happened. either, A. the aliens probed my poor little car, B. the bitch went plaid, C. i found the magic button in the car to induce light speed at will.

needless to say. we don't need amateurs hitting ludacris speed in the middle of traffic and disrupting the space time continuum. please. get the plugs fixed.

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Originally Posted by Bajapat
I don't know a lot about cars but why would plugs going bad cause pulling to one side???


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haha ok ok I was pist when I typed this and made it sound worse then it is




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