Whats the best plug for performance and your money?

 

From what I've read on the board NGK's are what most people agree on.
http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/sho...&highlight=ngk

 

Well you could buy plugs that cost $100 ea. that would outporfrom any spark plug out there, but it isn't going to make a diff. unless the rest of your ingition system is also changed, do you see what i'm getting at? So buying "high performance" spark plugs isn't going to make that much of a difference that it'll be noticable.

 

never underestimate the power of stock.. for most intent and purposes the harder materials will give a better spark

 

when i had my 1st gen I always ran NGK plugs ,I found the car always ran better on these.

 

Thanks a lot, Im going get a set of NGK's tomarrow. Thanks for all your feedback


Rico

 

NGK sparkers are the better way to go. i had bosch platinums in my car, just had a change and i can tell you one thing, they corroded like a ****, stick with ngk coppers.

 

Does anyone think NGK's platinums are worth paying the money for or should I just go with their basics? I have a G2, and I am doing nearly an entire ignition system upgrade, magnecor wires, new cap, new rotor, etc. as a part of my own 90K service and tune-up and I was figuring to go with platinum plugs since they're "best". Bosch platinums are inexpensive but it seems a sound agreement amongst most Protege/Mazda owners that NGK plugs are best for our cars. NGK Platinums gor for $10.99 each compared to NGK V-Power which are $1.59 each. Money is and isn't a problem, meaning if there is a justified benefit/gain I don't mind dropping the extra $40 bill...my baby (car) is starting to get up in her years now so I figure this is the most important time for her to have the best...

 

try some denso spark plugs allsome [IMG]img]http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/images/vBulletin_logo.gif[/img][/IMG]

 

stick with ngk stockers, or maybe a range colder if you're running anything more than 5psi over stock boost.

 

I checked my spark plugs today, bosch platinums i installed about a year ago...and they were all black. It's mainly due to my car running rich at the moment. But i'm working on that. I'm going with NGK coppers from now on.

 

I love my ngk's they are the best , when i had the jetta i would use Bosch ...
but jap to jap and germ to germ

 

How come people are still ignorant in tha new millenium? "Jap" is a racial slur. Just like any other racial slur, and i'm sure i dont need to mention them, not out of political correctness, but there's really no need. Damn people...let's get wit it already, and stop being so backassward.

 

so if jap is a racial slur, then why wouldn't germ be? Also if anyone uses US or USA instead of spelling out United States of America, well just be careful, you might offend someone. I think it's pretty obvious that he was just abbreviating the words. From now on if any one says Jap make sure you put a period at the end ie: Jap. that way it can't be taken as a racial slur but only as an abbreviation. I'm not trying to be a dick or anything, but i really don't see anything racial about this. I guess if some one was directing it at a Japenese person then i could see where you are coming from. He was merely talking about spark plugs.

<edit>ohh........uhhmmmm.......uhhhhhh............ NGK's i guess<edit>

 

Just for the record I had both normal Bosh plugs and platinum Bosh plugs in my VWs and when I tried normal NGKs in my Jetta GLI they were better than any Bosh plugs. I think NGKs just kick ***. So if you have a german car dont think you have to stick to German stuff. German parts are soooooooooooooooooo expensive.