best spark plugs....

[jaketalbot]

i was looking around halfrauds the other day, and came across the spark plugs, got me thinking lets have a look at the best ones for the cupra, apparantly you can get improved accelaration and bla bla bla with bosch spark plugs?!? so i was just wondering if anyone has upgraded there plugs and could tell me what differences they actually make and what are the best makes?

 

[edc]

NGK or Bosch will be fine. You're not going to get any super performance gains, so don't bother wasting extra money on 'upgraded'.

 

[Krishen]

When i changed my plugs (agg engine) halfords didn't sell the ones i needed. They listed the bosch but they didn't fit so had to go to the dealer.

 

[Fl@pper]

NGK or Bosch will be fine. You're not going to get any super performance gains, so don't bother wasting extra money on 'upgraded'.

NGK every time

bosch for some reason always let me down in the past very badly when i most need reliabilty - cost me a national championship once too

 

[Chrisdaman]

what the best leads to go for (sorry to thread steal)

 

[Fl@pper]

what the best leads to go for (sorry to thread steal)

Magnecor Kv-85 preffered but we use the bigger 10mm R-100 on the V8's

 

[Chrisdaman]

how much and where from lol?

 

[Fl@pper]

how much and where from lol?

quite dear on an 8 cyl and usually from the states when we do monthly shipping never looked for em for the ibiza - pretty sure they list all kit options though at a guess i'd say £80-100 a set ? theres a place in essex that sent us a single lead once a year or so back but loads to choose from

fill ya boots - awesome gti do em too by the looks of it

 

[surcalation]

Magnecor ignition leads
http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pa...eatibiza&manufacturer=magnecor&sub_category=1

 

[hopkinsgm]

Just so long as no one starts banging on about multielectrode plugs giving massive power advantage...

I'm feeling a little anti-NGK at the moment after having had a set in the Alfa - but it's a particular curiosity of the Alfa Nord alloy twincam that they're just not happy on *anything* apart from Golden Lodge plugs. I'm told it's all to do with the shape of the combustion chamber (hemi) and how far into the chamber the plug gap fits - get it wrong and it messes with the flame front and the engine don't run right. Anyway, apologies for my rambling right off topic...