While I'm not talking from track experience... (let's call it experience gained
during "street racing"--when I was young and foolish)...
I can second the motion... Champion plugs always ended up takin' a beatin'...
and still tickin'.... even in what was then a relatively full-race prepared and
often hard-pressed TR 4A motor... while NGK's... even the extra high dollor
fancy
ones.... repeatedly failed or needed maintenance.
--Justin
TRBILBO@aol.com wrote:
> Sorry if this is a duplicate FOT friends. Some did not receive text first
> time..(Let me know if you got this Chris!! and thanks..)
>
> You wrote .......
>
> <<Reply-to: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
> To: fot@autox.team.net
>
> <<Someone was recently telling me that Bosch plugs have a slightly
> different thread form (round vs sharp?) that can cause plug blowouts.
> His experience is the other way around, running non-Bosch plugs
> in German engines. Just something to keep in mind ...
>
> <<I'm very very happy with NGK plugs, run them in everything I can.
> My street 4A uses BP6EH (except the one hole that's got really
> bad oil fouling, where I run BP5EH, a little hotter). You might
> want BP7EH for your higher compression. May be tough to find,
> but worth looking. Try a marine supplier - those long nose NGK
> plugs seem to be popular for some sort of marine engine.
>
> <<Champions have a bad habit of failing even when new out of the box,
> at least for me.
>
> FOT'rs....I have never failed a Champion plug in over 30 years!! But I have
> thrown away at least 30 bad NGK's from other member's cars I have had to work
> on over the last ten years. And would never consider paying the price for a
> Bosch when the Champions work so well..... although the old numbers are
> getting hard to find for the race car
>
> Curious how different our experiences have been. Maybe NGK ships their
> seconds to the West coast and vice versa. SMile.
>
> Bill Burroughs, 70TR6, 68 TR250, 65TR4A(Racer), 73 MKIV Spit, 69 GT6+, 55
> Bird, 89 Ford Dually, 98 SHO, 95 Chrysler Cvt, 73 Olds and Honda
> scooter.....and all use Champions.
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