NGK Spark Plugs

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Ive read around and heard NGK are very good for 240's so i checked on sparkplugs.com they have 3 NGK spark plugs and i just wanted to know does it matter which one i get. Theres IX iridium, Double Platinum and Iridium plug.


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I have Iridiums and they are great...


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are the spark plugs for sohc and dohc the same?

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NGK's catalog only lists the DOHC, what year is your vehicle? I will contact NGK's tech.

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240sxHitman wrote:Ive read around and heard NGK are very good for 240's so i checked on sparkplugs.com they have 3 NGK spark plugs and i just wanted to know does it matter which one i get. Theres IX iridium, Double Platinum and Iridium plug.
I have the IX Iridium, and they work great

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who me? its a '89 sohc

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The same plugs fit both the sohc and dohc.

As far as the difference between the three plugs mentioned before, the ultimate plug for this vehicle would be the "iridium plug".

The "iridium plug" has an Iridium center electrode and a plantinum tipped ground electrode.

The "double platinum" has a platinum center electrode and a platinum tipped ground electrode.

The "ix iridium" plug has an iridium center electrode, and the standard ground electrode. However, the "ix iridium" is half the price of the other two, and is a great upgrade from the standard copper and platinum plugs.

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i got a spark plug to put out there.. Go to Bosch and look up the bosch "super". Very nice plug here

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bosch plugs are terrible.... ive seen cars that ran so bad with bosch plugs including mine... After a hard run my Bosch plugs just died and the car wouldnt even idle... After replacing to NGK platinum the car ran perfectly fine again...The bosch plugs were less than half a year old

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bosch plugs also give off a type of ferquency that can screw with your cars computer. i know this cause i work at a nissan dealership and we get a car that runs bad everyonce in a while and the problem is bosch plugs. all in all they are crap.

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I had them for about a year know(double tip ones) and they are really good, no problems, and i rev the engine all the time. i donno all the ngk all other stuff feel like, but mine works very nice.

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96240SX41 wrote:i got a spark plug to put out there.. Go to Bosch and look up the bosch "super". Very nice plug here
i put bosch on my sr and it ran like crap it would sputter at idle if it didnt die out bofore i stopped and they would sputter under any kind of high rev I hate bosch the worst plugs ever. I am totally sold on NGK and NGK only. I put the cheapest NGKs back in and my car ran like it sould again.

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i'm gonna get a set of the iridiums. next time, i'll probably get the cheaper IX iridiums and see how they work.

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ok, well, they always ran good in our drag boats..thats where i got my info!! lol, sorry if this is wrong, but, not to sound anything of an a-hole, but are we talking of the same spark plug (just curious not meaning anything from this) not trying to get anyone on my back lol

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I two had the 4spoke bosch plugs and they were terrible. switched back to ngk and the car ran much better

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i run the IX iridiums and havent had a problem in about 2 and a half years........i think i need to get new plugs now that i think about it. lol

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I run NGK's in everything I own and work on. Zero problems. I would never run anything else. I run the NGK Platinum 1 step colder plugs in my TTZ.

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not to get side tracked on my on posted but i just wanna say Jookmasta.........your sig is so true

thats for all the info guys i know what im getting....................NGK!


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