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Jun 5, 2005 | 09:36 PM

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yackowski

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Kinda off topic, but dropping a plug sucks!... especially if your broke and want to re-use them. so far so good though, knock on wood

Jun 5, 2005 | 09:54 PM

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I'm still curious as to how I would know if a plug or plug wire was bad, or connected improperly (mainly because I dropped a plug....). Is there anything I can monitor in HP Tuners that will tell me if I'm missing, or if I have bad spark?

Engine misfires would kinda tell you. If its constant the misfire count will increase while the engine is running. If you have a cam you cant rely on that. It pisses off the PCM of course.

Jun 5, 2005 | 10:00 PM

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Yeah as 99Silver said, log misfires. There is a pid for each cylinder I believe. Honestly you would feel it if you had a bad plug and chances are would have already thrown a misfire code. I had a plug wire get burnt by the header. Knew it immediately.

Jun 5, 2005 | 10:06 PM

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Jun 5, 2005 | 10:36 PM

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Could also get ahold of a Raytek infra-red thermometer. On a cold startup, take the mini-temp and point it right at each cylinders exhaust exit at the head. See which one is not warming up or is slow to warm up compared to the other cylinders. Should work. Hell it works on a diesel when trying to find a bad injector!!!

Jun 6, 2005 | 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Naked AV

Went from stockers (which are actually NGK TR5), to NGK TR6IX. Old ones had 36,006 miles on them. Pics attached.

The alternator is the Denali 145A that is about to go in.

A few things I found out...
- If you go slow, it's not so bad, even #8
- When you drop a new plug it freaks you out

- Gloves are nice for removal, but not install

Question: What do I need to monitor in HP Tuners to make sure everything is running okay?

Now do yourself a favor and get some new Nology wires.

Jun 6, 2005 | 10:16 AM

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when i looked at the pics i thought at first ya got the wrong plugs then i read that you got the TR6IX plugs...the TR55IX plugs part number is 7164 so when i saw your part number on those boxs i got a bit worried hehehe