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26-10-2012, 01:37 PM
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FordTarius
Join Date: Mar 2010
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Hi all,
Intend to replace the sparkies this w/end on the old petrol au3. Does anyone know if we can still use the standard NGK BPR5EY-11 as opposed to the recommended (and $$$) iridium IGR5C13 ? Would I have to increase the gap to 1.3 on the std's?? thanks! -ash
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26-10-2012, 06:34 PM
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26-10-2012, 11:33 PM
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Rob
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standard for me. Iridium seem a waste of $
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27-10-2012, 12:37 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Bosch double platinum plugs for the win. They last well over 100,000km on a petrol engine or around 100,000km on LPG.
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27-10-2012, 11:47 AM
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Flairs - Truckers Delight
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Northside Likes: Opposite Lock
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stick with the old BPR5EY-11's for petrol mate. BPR6EY's for LPG.
I reliably get 50,000k out of a set of BPR6EY's (and that's on spark-picky LPG!) and at less than four bucks each, they can't be beaten.
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27-10-2012, 06:50 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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i`m a bit of an iridium fan, 115,000 k`s out of the last set still going ok, only changed them because they`ve been in for years, tbh i was a bit afraid they where going to have permanently welded themselves into the head, but they came out easy.
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03-11-2012, 10:02 PM
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rexnet
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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i gapped mine @ 1.1mm but i have a VCT engine. the BPR5EY-11 are good. i changed mine every 10-15k km
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05-11-2012, 02:20 PM
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Flairs - Truckers Delight
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10-15k? you're throwing away perfectly good plugs mate
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05-11-2012, 02:34 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Those cheaper plugs are designed for 20,000kms though really,yeah you can get more but they aren't designed with this in mind.
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05-11-2012, 02:43 PM
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BEAR
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Adelaide SA
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The 11 at the end of BPR5EY-11, should be the gap, set at the factory. BPR5EY-13 should have a gap of 1.3mm. I always check, cos I'm an old fart. Generally speaking, close the gap by 0.1mm for gas, (less carbon atoms in LPG) and go one range hotter.
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