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Old 03-30-2006 | 06:09 PM
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Default New Spark Plugs / Coils / Wires.... HELP!

OK... all of this is really confusing to me. I think I got the spark plug I want, but I need help with knowing about the coils and the coil wires and if they will work as is with these plugs.

I think I'm going to go with the Torque Master Spark Plugs. I can get them from www.extremespark.com for $11 plus $7 shipping. They said I don't need to change anything. Just put them in. But I love my baby and I don't want to hurt him.

Any ideas / suggestions?
Old 04-07-2006 | 11:17 PM
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I would be very skeptical of this spark plug unless your car is running boost of some sort from the pics this desighn is usually only used in cars that have turbos,superchargers,or alot of work done to the head. I think you will see better performance with regular iridium plugs either ngk or denso as far as the coil packs are concerned there aren't any upgrades available yet to my knowledge but Nology wires has desighned a neat system to convert our cars back to spark plug wires it isn't cheap and you will only see a 1to 5 percent gain over stock. so your best bet right now is probably iridium plugs and waight until somone makes upgraded coils from my understanding it's in the works and msd is also working on a system for our cars it just takes some patience hope this helps. I don't think the stock coil on our cars is going to produce enough power to make the plugs you are looking at feasable. your engine would need to be in the 200hp range to utilize these spark plugs and you would have to upgrade your system tremendously to be able to fire these plugs properly. I'm not saying there not good plugs I've never used them but our scions won't have enough power to fire them to there potential with stock coils. You would be better off with a properly gapped iridium plug until upgrades are released.
Old 04-09-2006 | 08:38 PM
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Thanks for the info deepfreezee!
Old 04-14-2006 | 01:09 AM
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I got verification from a 30 year turbo veteran tuner today who i consider the best in my area he definently says don't buy into the gimick plugs you were looking at he said either iriduim or platnium plugs set to the right gap is your best bet until ignition upgrades are available
Old 04-14-2006 | 01:36 AM
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Cool. Thanks for the confirmation. I'm going with the Iriduim.
Old 04-15-2006 | 07:20 PM
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the denso will give ou more power and better fuel economy than the NGK the gap is set diffrent and since you can't change the gap on iridium I'd go with denso
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