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Old Sep 3, 2002 | 09:16 PM
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Default new plugs, bosch? do they suck?

are they good for the truck and performance? what gapping should i go for them? also, i'm buying new shocks tonight or tomorrow morning, what are the best performance handling shocks? i like the edelbrock ias shocks ....what are you guy's opinions?
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Old Sep 3, 2002 | 09:40 PM
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i used to have the edelbrock shocks on my old silvy. once those were on, the rear never bottomed out and they could hold corners very well.
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Old Sep 3, 2002 | 09:43 PM
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so you would reccomend them? what about the spark plugs, and the gapping to use on them <img border="0" alt="[Truck]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_truck.gif" />
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Old Sep 3, 2002 | 09:48 PM
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ngk plugs... cheap and good

tr55s at the gap they come at (all motor)

tr6s at .040-.045 (nitrous)
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Old Sep 3, 2002 | 10:20 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by really slow truck:
<strong>ngk plugs... cheap and good

tr55s at the gap they come at (all motor)

tr6s at .040-.045 (nitrous)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">what he said... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Old Sep 3, 2002 | 11:40 PM
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gap them at .095. your truck will run great!
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Old Sep 3, 2002 | 11:46 PM
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lmao! <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" />
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Old Sep 3, 2002 | 11:56 PM
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I think I did mine at .057 or .058.
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Old Sep 4, 2002 | 06:09 AM
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If they are platinum, they won't be good for performance, if they are a softer metal, they will be more performance minded.

How do you think they get 100,000 miles out of a set of platinum's? Cause they have a higher resistance to firing. Not ideal for performance applications!

The NGK's recommended above work excellent and are NOT a platinum plug.
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Old Sep 4, 2002 | 07:47 AM
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I had a set of the Bosch Platinum+4's - I really didn't like them at all - they fouled up pretty badly. Expensive, too.
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