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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:24 AM
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Place to buy plugs and wires local or online. Im not crazy about paying almost $7 a plug at autozone. Im looking to get ac delco platinum and msd pro conductors. Any help would be greatful, thanks
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:26 AM
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Screw the platnium junk and get some autloites. 104's work well with stock or close to stock cars. And wires are all preference, I used to run taylors, now I use MSD's.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:31 AM
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okay.... but wheres a good place to get them for cheaper?
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:33 AM
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Autolites are like $1.35 a plug, get those and you can probly buy your wires at a local speed shop. Or just hit up summitracing.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:35 AM
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You can get Autolites or NGK Tr-55s Local pretty much anywhere, or you could grab some AC Delco stock replacement plugs for pretty cheap also (well, cheaper than $7 a plug).

I would use the NGKs or AC Delcos, and for wires I would run the MSDs or Taylors.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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yes i know im going ac delco and msd, but what im trying to get at is where do you guys go for yours? either a local kind of auto store or online. Im in chicago so we have alot of places im just not sure WHERE to go thanks
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 01:52 AM
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Just go to the Dealer for the Delcos, and the wires can be had almost anywhere. I buy my wires from Thunderracing.com usually.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 08:13 AM
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Napa for my NGK plugs. And Summit for the MSD wires.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 09:07 AM
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For plugs go to Walmart and buy Autolite AP605's.

Don't skimp on wires. Buy MSD or Accell from Jegs, etc.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by GIZMO
For plugs go to Walmart and buy Autolite AP605's.

Don't skimp on wires. Buy MSD or Accell from Jegs, etc.
Giz, I respect your input on things, so may I ask why you suggest those plugs for a stock car over TR-55s? Thanks


As for where to buy all this stuff, O'Reilly's, Bumper-to-Bumper, Autozone, NAPA should all carry the plugs or be able to order them. Problem is that the factory plug is a platinum, so they ARE going to be expensive, and I don't know what the standard cross over is. If it's an R45LTS or what :\
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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41-943s to be exact formula. its nice to work at a parts store and have the ability to look stuff up like that whenever, haha. and formula, you forgot to mention CARQUEST in your list! my dad owns a carquest and that's where i work. respect the red and blue! lol
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by whammer33024
41-943s to be exact formula. its nice to work at a parts store and have the ability to look stuff up like that whenever, haha. and formula, you forgot to mention CARQUEST in your list! my dad owns a carquest and that's where i work. respect the red and blue! lol
Well I know thats the factory part number for the Delco's which are Platinums and $$$ ($4/ea at minimum). I was referring to the old part numbers which would be a normal resistor plug like TR-55. I guess you could cross references the TR-55 to Delco.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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i get my plugs from a local speedshop that add alotta overhead..cant find them anywhere else. the wires are best to get from summit..dont get much cheaper than them..hmm..i wonder if they sell ngk tr7's...
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Formula350
Giz, I respect your input on things, so may I ask why you suggest those plugs for a stock car over TR-55s? Thanks
Woodro Josey turned me on to them a few years back. They work really well and are pretty cheap from Walmart.
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