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blingnoring
06-10-2020, 02:59 PM
going to change the plugs and was looking for any recommendations on what you guys use. car has about 15k miles, stock but am getting hi flow cats and belanger or corsa mufflers if that matters. also, should I change the wires as well?
JonB ~ PartsRack
06-10-2020, 03:22 PM
No real need to change OE wires on OE car at 15K. Plugs are a 50-50 maybe. But not due to cats/catback
SRT_BluByU
06-10-2020, 03:43 PM
I think scheduled maintenance on the plugs is 100,000miles
I just changed my plugs at 14,400. They were ready. The original plugs are Champion 3032,I upgraded to the Champion 7032 (double Platinum). The gap is .050 I also upgraded the plug wires a year earlier to the Morose that I got from Doug Shelby. The idle really cleaned up and the throttle response feels crisper.
Here is the post I placed when I was looking for advise on mine. https://driveviper.com/forums/threads/26354-Spark-Plug-Advice?highlight=spark+plug
Dennis
blingnoring
06-10-2020, 05:42 PM
I just changed my plugs at 14,400. They were ready. The original plugs are Champion 3032,I upgraded to the Champion 7032 (double Platinum). The gap is .050 I also upgraded the plug wires a year earlier to the Morose that I got from Doug Shelby. The idle really cleaned up and the throttle response feels crisper.
Here is the post I placed when I was looking for advise on mine. https://driveviper.com/forums/threads/26354-Spark-Plug-Advice?highlight=spark+plug
Dennis
awesome! thanks Dennis
blingnoring
06-10-2020, 05:47 PM
No real need to change OE wires on OE car at 15K. Plugs are a 50-50 maybe. But not due to cats/catback
thanks Jon, i'll be calling you soon sir.
SRT_BluByU - i'm sure your right, I bought the car with almost 10k miles, I just want to verify all is good, so figure might as well change them while I got them out, and start fresh.
Jack B
06-10-2020, 06:40 PM
Whether you need plugs or not, it would be nice to "read" them, a lot can be learned.
SRT_BluByU
06-10-2020, 07:16 PM
Jack, with fuel injection and computers i didnt think the plug read was as tellin as it was back when we all had carbs?
Jack B
06-11-2020, 08:19 AM
Jack, with fuel injection and computers i didnt think the plug read was as tellin as it was back when we all had carbs?
Plugs still give you a lot of data, injectors and computers are susceptible to problems also.
SRT_BluByU
06-11-2020, 09:40 AM
I had just heard fuel and injection and the computers mask the conditions in the cylinder making getting good readings/information from the plugs not as straight forward as when we had carbs.. not that they correct problems.. just mask the condition... interesting youre still getting good readings. Nice to know. Thanks!
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