BEST SPARK PLUG FOR THE HAWK
BEST SPARK PLUG FOR THE HAWK
11-17-2008 | 07:56 AM
#2
Post Whore Junior
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From: Triad, NC
It has to be the Iridium (i forget the #) ones.. I have been advised by EVERYONE I talked to (from multiple members of this board to my local shoppie) that if you try to go cheap, 'hawks just dont like it.. They are REAL pricey... like $12-15 bucks each.. I wanted to go with the couple dollar ACDelco ones that crossed, but was advised against it.
I'd like to know why the hawk HAS to have the pricey sparkplugs.. but havent gotten an explaination, yet..
I'd like to know why the hawk HAS to have the pricey sparkplugs.. but havent gotten an explaination, yet..
Last edited by Cleveland; 11-17-2008 at 02:25 PM.
11-17-2008 | 09:28 AM
#8
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SuperSport
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From: Asheville, NC
NGK is the best IMO. NGK is also what is recommended by manufacturers.
In my first engine...I had the same plugs in it for over 20k with no issues what so ever.
They are also only $6.95 at my shop...so not too expensive.
In my first engine...I had the same plugs in it for over 20k with no issues what so ever.
They are also only $6.95 at my shop...so not too expensive.
11-17-2008 | 09:53 AM
#9
Greenmeansgo!
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Anybody tried these?
http://www.pulstar.com/
http://www.pulstar.com/
11-17-2008 | 11:07 AM
#11
Post Whore Junior
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From: Triad, NC
Anybody tried these?
http://www.pulstar.com/
http://www.pulstar.com/
Ok.. read more.. and YES they do incorporate a capacitor.. Pulse plugs may look similar to spark plugs on the outside, but inside the technological advances of Pulstar are evident. Pulse plugs feature a unique capacitor-based circuit that captures energy normally wasted by spark plugs and generates a spark with 10 times greater energy than any spark plug.
WHOA!!!! $25/each!!! Interest gone.
11-17-2008 | 11:53 AM
#14
Greenmeansgo!
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Hmm, possibly valid according to this thread:
http://tsx.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=673870
This guy was able to measure an improvement on the dyno, although he says he was in the market for replacements anyway, so maybe the old plugs were dragging down the "before" figures.
http://www.customtacos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98382
Most of the stuff I can find seems to indicate that pulstars won't hurt and do help, but not too much. Lessee, $50 for 2, less $15 you'd pay for regular plugs anyway = $35 premium. I'd pay $35 if it demonstrably gave me a minimum 3 more hp. I kinda doubt that though.
http://tsx.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=673870
This guy was able to measure an improvement on the dyno, although he says he was in the market for replacements anyway, so maybe the old plugs were dragging down the "before" figures.
http://www.customtacos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98382
Most of the stuff I can find seems to indicate that pulstars won't hurt and do help, but not too much. Lessee, $50 for 2, less $15 you'd pay for regular plugs anyway = $35 premium. I'd pay $35 if it demonstrably gave me a minimum 3 more hp. I kinda doubt that though.
11-17-2008 | 12:58 PM
#15
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Its not the evx's, its the eix for the NGK. The suffix means that it is iridium and four groung strap. K's, as in eik would be dual ground.
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/part_fi...id=952&type=ir
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/part_fi...id=952&type=ir
11-17-2008 | 01:42 PM
#18
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SuperSport
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From: Asheville, NC
Its not the evx's, its the eix for the NGK. The suffix means that it is iridium and four groung strap. K's, as in eik would be dual ground.
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/part_fi...id=952&type=ir
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/part_fi...id=952&type=ir
11-18-2008 | 08:48 AM
#22
RIP Zy! You will always be in our hearts.
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From: Asheville, NC
11-19-2008 | 10:32 AM
#23
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Plustar plugs are the same "technology" as "nology hotwires" http://www.nology.com/hot.html
Sound familar to pulstar plugs?
Hrmm. wonder what would happen if you combined the two? *lol*
HotWires are engineered with a special built-in capacitor, exclusive only to HotWires. This revolutionary design allows energy from the ignition coil to accumulate in the capacitor until the voltage at the spark plug electrodes reaches the ionization point. At that split second point the entire power of the stored spark is discharged at once, creating a spark 300 times more powerful
Hrmm. wonder what would happen if you combined the two? *lol*
11-21-2008 | 08:17 AM
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