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Re: Best plugs to use - More curious questions

To: Aron Travis <atravis@spacey.net>
Subject: Re: Best plugs to use - More curious questions
From: Jay Quinn <jpquinn@cyberramp.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 21:10:13 -0500
What type of plug for autox?

I'm looking for a plug for use as
a stop light battle/zippy performance
gettting around type use.

Q

At 09:09 PM 6/3/97 -0700, Aron Travis wrote:
>Jay Quinn wrote:
>> 
>> OK, I hear Platinum aren't worth it, then I hear they are..
>
>I use the Autolite single platinum plugs in both my '72 and '78
>Midgets (all cars actually, but that's a longer list). I think that these
>are the best platinum plugs as the platinum piece is a disk as large
>as a normal spark plug, plus they still cost under $2 at my local Pep
>Boys store. The down side is that they're plain steel, not stainless.
>There is also a Autolite double platinum plug, with platinum
>disks on both sides of the spark plug. This sounds like a good idea to
>me except that they cost over $4 each, and that is just too much.
>I think platinum is worth it, better starts, gas mileage, longevity,
>less fouling. I would say that they last three times as long as a
>regular spark plug.
>
>Bosch platinums have a wire sized platinum piece which is too small.
>
>> 
>> I hear Nippon, Bosch, etc....
>
>For regular plugs I think NGK is the best.
>
>> 
>> What about Splitfire? 
>
>Hype=$$$$$$. 
>
>-Aron Travis-
>"always in a automotive frenzy"
>
>
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