[Healeys] spark plugs

[Al Fuller]

One possible explanation for the wide variety of experiences with Champion
spark plugs:

A close friend and fellow Healey owner said he heard that Champion sold
different quality spark plugs [of the same brand name and model number] thru
different retailers.  I initially found this hard to believe, but subsequent
comments demonstrated it might be true...

Al Fuller
al at bighealey.org
'62 BT-7
'65 BJ-8
'85 Rx-7

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mirek Sharp
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:10 PM
To: robertlarson at att.net
Cc: Healey List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] spark plugs

Hey Bob,

you wrote:  : "Not a myth here....."

Didn't mean to be aggressive with the "myth" comment.  Spark plug choice
seems to one of those things that gets people's dander up.  What I find
confounding is how many of us, all upstanding Healeyphiles, can have such
different experiences.  I do not know Ed or the other Champion naysayers,
but have no reasons to doubt them (someone correct me if I should), yet I
and a number of others have had a warm and rewarding relationship with
Champions.  Weird isn't it?  Champion have remained in business, so how
systemic can any problem be?

Just to see if I can further stir things up, my only bad experience was with

Bosch plugs in my baby-poop yellow Volvo 242 (remember that yellow? - Volvo
called it Safari Yellow - right!).  Perhaps it was the colour clash with the

purplish pink insulator colour of the Bosch plugs.

Seriously, any theories on how we can have such different experiences?

cheers,

Mirek