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02-02-2006, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by justinmy300z
i was looking at the service manual and for spark plugs for the n/a it has 3 types...standard, hot and cold. what does that mean? how do i choose?
02-02-2006, 06:37 PM
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ya, i called my parts distributor today and got the price for the pfr6b-11 plugs...OMG!!!!! 12.76 EACH!!! why the hell are they so expensive? are they worth it? I only have a high flow catback and cai.
02-02-2006, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by justinmy300z
ya, i called my parts distributor today and got the price for the pfr6b-11 plugs...OMG!!!!! 12.76 EACH!!! why the hell are they so expensive? are they worth it?
02-02-2006, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by justinmy300z
also, how do i know if i need to replace the coil packs? I have never had anything but plug wire before, so this is all new to me.
http://www.300zx.co.uk/cgi-bin/manua...ault&total=190
This shows how to check to see if coil is good
02-02-2006, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by justinmy300z
ya, i called my parts distributor today and got the price for the pfr6b-11 plugs...OMG!!!!! 12.76 EACH!!! why the hell are they so expensive? are they worth it? I only have a high flow catback and cai.
02-03-2006, 12:50 AM
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i dont think nissan would have put that little sticker telling you what kind of plugs to run there for no reason. spend the $$ and do it right. and shop around a bit, you can find a better deal. even at 10 bucks a piece, its only $60 every 30k miles or so. you didnt expect to run crap *** Autolite junk in a high performance car, did you?
02-03-2006, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by entropy31
i dont think nissan would have put that little sticker telling you what kind of plugs to run there for no reason. spend the $$ and do it right. and shop around a bit, you can find a better deal. even at 10 bucks a piece, its only $60 every 30k miles or so. you didnt expect to run crap *** Autolite junk in a high performance car, did you?
*EDIT* I can't really say about auto zone or advanced, bc I go to o'reiley's, but O'Reiley's has THE EXACT NGK Platinums, friend just told me auto zone doesn't carry NGK, so my bad, but still, go to O'reiley's.
Last edited by napoleonzheking; 02-03-2006 at 10:39 AM.
02-11-2006, 10:09 PM
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hot, cold, well done
from what i understand...the temp rating is a bit counter- intuitive, you want a "colder plug" if you are running turbos or NOS or like a twin power ignition system, you can use "warmer" plugs on N/A cars. as for platnium or irridium and the cheap-o-s Platnium is for people who don't want to change thier plugs...way back when before platnium the longest a plug would last was around 45-60k platnium extended it to 100k, keep in mind the manufacture suggests you "break" the plugs free every 40k miles so they don't become frozen in place. Irridums handle more power than platnium but only slightly. I think its due to conductor size from the center anode, but don't quote me on that. Cheap is still cheap buy at your own risk.
02-12-2006, 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by napoleonzheking
Who's running crap *** auto lites? All the autozone, o'reily, advanced auto parts around here have regular NGK spark plugs, same ones you can get from Nissan... I'm running non crap *** regular NGK iridium's...
*EDIT* I can't really say about auto zone or advanced, bc I go to o'reiley's, but O'Reiley's has THE EXACT NGK Platinums, friend just told me auto zone doesn't carry NGK, so my bad, but still, go to O'reiley's.
*EDIT* I can't really say about auto zone or advanced, bc I go to o'reiley's, but O'Reiley's has THE EXACT NGK Platinums, friend just told me auto zone doesn't carry NGK, so my bad, but still, go to O'reiley's.
Last edited by entropy31; 02-13-2006 at 01:10 AM.
02-12-2006, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by entropy31
that response wasnt aimed at you, so pease dont take offense. it was a general statement to anyone who is shocked by the fact that high performance cars require slightly more money to maintain. it just happend to be posted beneath your post.
Originally Posted by 91zxtt
Stick with stock....buy from Courtesy parts. Don't be cheap.
02-13-2006, 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by napoleonzheking
I'll still stick with my statement that O'reilys has the EXACT spark plug with the exact same number, but if you are going to order, don't order from courtesy (Not to slam them, i've ordred from them alot before), but Coz over at www.conceptzperformance.com beats all of courtesy's prices...
i bought mine from Coz.
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