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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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17th Feb 05 at 23:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

For X16XE...

Mav has already told me to get some normal 'bosch' HT leads... so just need some new plugs...

Any suggestions??
mav
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17th Feb 05 at 23:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

just get NGK ones..there good enough..Not much differnece in plugs to be honest..

will set you back about a tenner or that....
PaulW
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17th Feb 05 at 23:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

got NGK in at the mo... 3 plugs are in tip-top condition, just one which has overheated & fooked up... also gappings are wrong...

any specific type of NGK or just general twin-tip jobbies like standard?
James R
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17th Feb 05 at 23:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

just ask the man in factors the big book tells all
starkmotorsport
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18th Feb 05 at 01:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Best keep them all the same, but NGK are good, if not Bosch.
IntaCepta
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18th Feb 05 at 01:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i don't get the fuss about spark plugs?
at the end of the day, don't they all do the same thing... just spark??

TOMAS
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18th Feb 05 at 01:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

^ ok then gap them at 3mm and see

paul go for std Vauxhall, personally I stick to single electrode, this twin electrode is bollox, only one prong will spark...

I know they are £1 a plug from Vauxhall on tradeclub. If you fancy hanging on until the next meet put an order in with me and i'll bring em
Cybermonkey
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18th Feb 05 at 03:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Vauxhall GM plugs are Bosch twin electrodes anyway, they do the job good enough
Cybermonkey
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18th Feb 05 at 03:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

or are they single?
1600power
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i got sum twin electrodes from vauxhall the other day on tradeclub for £2 each inc VAT, cant say fairer than that really!

 
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