I forgot to pick some anti seze up, but If its a must I will grab some b4 I begin a tune up. I went with the auto lite premium core wire set and a set of champion platinum plugs from advance, not the best route but I think it will meet my needs bc I rarely hot rod it. Also, does anyone have advice on where the best place to set the jack stands are? And if antiseze is a must? Also, I have seen mechanics use the plastic wire ties that zip and lock tight to arrange and fit the new plug wires so that they don't get messy and flap around...Would this be a good idea? Or is there already clips there that I can just reuse? I dont want to start and then end up having to crawl under there to do something else.

 

Antiseize is a very good idea when you want to pull the plugs again one day, whether you are going to run into problems or not is hard to say.Personally, if it were me, I would take them back out and put a light film on the threads. As for your wires, just follow the stock routing, there are factory looms that you use to secure your wires.

 

use a copper antisieze on the plugs. the copper will provide a ground path for the plugs and help them from siezing in the aluminum. also don't forget dielectric grease for the plug wires. if you have an lt1 i would recommend taking the parts back and buying a/c delco plugs and taylor wires. they are cheaper than advance and a lot better quality. don't forget the water pump gaskets and dist cap. recommend a/c delco parts

 

As far as your routing....yea factory locations will be nice if you can get your wires to fit in and have the patience and don't destroy them when ripping the old ones out in a fit of rage.... but I just kinda routed them wherever looked good and outta harms way.. I used some zip ties, only where they all meet up in front and between header primaries - might be able to see something on my cardomain.

Anti-seize is a good thing - a lot isn't necessary, but definitely try to use some. I always tend to forget as well (never put any on my header bolts) but I just left them (at least I've never had a bolt back out)

 

Your advice is right on with the use of antisieze and dielectric grease, but disagree with you on the Taylor wires being better quality than the ones he got and also the plugs since Champion makes some of the AC Delcos plugs anyway, what would be the point in exchanging them?

 

when you get to those hard to reach plugs it can be difficult to tell whether or not you are getting false torque readings when tightening them by hand if you install the plugs dry. anti seize aids in threading the plugs all the way into the head so you won't freak out if you put a wrench on a plug, have it turn as if it's getting tighter and then all of the sudden become loose again. it eliminates all guess work.

 

Agreed -- too much though and people have self loosening plugs....I never have....but it's been claimed to happen.

 

It only needs a little bit, if you put too much on it tends to weap up the threads and cause a mis-fire.

Taylor wires are the only ones we use, they last longer, and are shielded better and deliver a stronger spark, verified with our our scope.

 

I'd use the anti seize. Over the years as a mechanic I've seen more than a few plugs seize in the head and pull the threads right out of the head when they came out.

It's cheap insurance.

 

He's right. This is a little known fact. I try not to put the anti seize with in a few threads of the end of the plug.

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Antiseize is a good idea any time you're using dissimilar metals (steel plug into an aluminum head, stell header bolts into an aluminum head). Dissimilar metals cause a corrosion due to galvanic effect that cause the parts to bind later.

 

I just use antiseze on the first 6 or so threads and leabe it be. Dont forget the dielectric grease and ditch the platinum plugs for some ngk tr55's they cost about the same.

 

You need a new source for NGK TR55's; they're about $2 each compared to $6 each for platinum plugs