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Old 04-06-2008, 09:34 PM
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What are the best Spark Plugs For a LT1!!!

Hi i am wanting to do a lil tune up i have changed the oil and oil filter and got a new gatorback belt!! But i was wondering what are the BEST spark Plugs for a LT1? Some one told me NGK where the best but very expensive!! Please let me know your opions!



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NGK tr55's, and they really arent that expensive
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Old 04-06-2008, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BMD18
Some one told me NGK where the best but very expensive!!
TR55's are ~$1.50/each
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Is the car stock? and what is it? If stock I would run the stock delco plug.
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Old 04-06-2008, 10:53 PM
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NGK's.Will bring a smile to your face.
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Old 04-06-2008, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Stl94LT1
TR55's are ~$1.50/each
Wow! Where?

They are like ~$3 around here.
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Just put in Autolite 106's today to replace some fouled TR55's. Like a buck each.

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Im running autolite 104 platinums gapped at .045 for N/A right now....the car had coppers in before and it ran solid.

I have some NGK BR7EF for the 150 shot i will be running.

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I have ngk tr55's in mine, it has a spun bearing
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Old 04-07-2008, 06:13 AM
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mdacton asked the question. What are you running? If it is a stock LT1, then there's no real reason to switch away from a stock style plug. The AC Delco's in mine were still strong past 115k miles. I replaced them with Autolite Platinums of the stock heat range. No problems.

If you plan on running Nitrous, then go with a copper plug. Otherwise, the stock plugs work great. It's a spark plug. Don't overthink it unless you've done a bunch of power adding mods that would require a different heat range.
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Unless when you pull your AC Delco's and half or more of the platinump pucks are gone. Maybe they have fixed that problem, but that's why I dont run them.

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Originally Posted by marshall93z
Wow! Where?

They are like ~$3 around here.
There are different types of TR55's, hence the price difference. Go to
Summit and enter "tr55" in the search box - you'll see 5-6 types.
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$2.39 for the cheapest one. And it's the same one I used... "V-Power".
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I used some cheap Autolite 106's and the car has never run this good.

I think more expensive is not always better, but then again i might be having to change them sooner than if I would have gone with a more expensive plug but It only take about 30 minutes to do on my car...maybe the headers make it easier but i laugh when shops say its like a 5 hour job.
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I love the NGK TR55IX. They are the Iridium plug.
They cost a little more, but they last 3 times longer and you can use nitrous with them.
They also have less resistance to spark.
I gapped mine down to .045". My car runs the best at that gap.
Lt1's suck to do plugs on, unless you are warped or have little fingers.
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