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Old 11-14-2003, 09:17 PM
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Had a chance to go to the track tonight, where I ran my best time to date. I met MikeTexas SS(nice run by the way). Anyway over the last week are so, I noticed my car missing in the higher rpm's(7000). So on my second run of the night, my car just felt real real sluggish. I park the car for awhile and check the spark plugs. OMG, two of my sparkplugs have NO TIPS. I'm thinking to myself WTF. These are 16 dollar a piece sparkplugs, installed less than a week and a half ago. So I put the sparkplugs back in the car and head home. I stopped by a shop(autologic), where I knew they have them in stock. Put the ngk's in(7) and it ran beautifully. Pulls harder than it ever did before. If any of you considered purchasing the plugs, DON'T. This is the second time I have heard of this situation. A friend of mine has a 94 supra bpu, that had the same problem happen to him. We both thought it was becuase of him running lean, but come do find out, his AFR where 11.5. I also put my larger injectors in today, so I know I wasn't running lean. Anyway don't purchase these plugs, waste of money.
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Thanks for the info. I use Bosch platinums.
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Had a chance to go to the track tonight, where I ran my best time to date.
So what was the time??
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Originally Posted by xphantomws6x
So what was the time??
Good call, I missed that part... I was skimming...
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What was your time?

THe densos are very sensitve to detonation........that could be your problem.
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Originally Posted by BlownChevy
What was your time?

THe densos are very sensitve to detonation........that could be your problem.
Too much boost and not enough fuel!
I would have pulled plugs the first time the car fell down in high gear, learn the hard way............I wonder where the rest of the plug went




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