C36 spark plugs questions
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Stick with Bosch Super Coppers, they are the best for these older engines. Older German engines don't do well with platinum & etc. Plus copper ones are like $1.50 a piece, the fancy ones can get ridiculously expensive.
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I found this http://2kracing.com. They have different kind for AMG. I don't know which ones buy
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$1.50 vs. $13 each ($9 vs. $78) ... wow, so you can literally buy all 6 plugs for less than the price of one iridium.
Any gains you get from plat/ir plugs are purely psychological on an NA engine like the C36. A new set of coppers vs. a old used set will give you the same results. Just get the coppers
Any gains you get from plat/ir plugs are purely psychological on an NA engine like the C36. A new set of coppers vs. a old used set will give you the same results. Just get the coppers
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$1.50 vs. $13 each ($9 vs. $78) ... wow, so you can literally buy all 6 plugs for less than the price of one iridium.
Any gains you get from plat/ir plugs are purely psychological on an NA engine like the C36. A new set of coppers vs. a old used set will give you the same results. Just get the coppers
Any gains you get from plat/ir plugs are purely psychological on an NA engine like the C36. A new set of coppers vs. a old used set will give you the same results. Just get the coppers
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usually copper plugs will last 50-60k on avg. Platinums & etc can last longer but they cost 4-10x as much so really no matter how you look at it coppers are the best way to go on these old motors. Of course on newer MB engines they only make platinum plugs so you don't really have a choice. hope that helps
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$1.50 vs. $13 each ($9 vs. $78) ... wow, so you can literally buy all 6 plugs for less than the price of one iridium.
Any gains you get from plat/ir plugs are purely psychological on an NA engine like the C36. A new set of coppers vs. a old used set will give you the same results. Just get the coppers
Any gains you get from plat/ir plugs are purely psychological on an NA engine like the C36. A new set of coppers vs. a old used set will give you the same results. Just get the coppers
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no spark plugs have ever gained over 1-2 HP (most of which is probably dyno variability in itself). Just giving you a hard dose of reality, they are not worth the money, the gains are simply "smoothness" other then that its all psychological.
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Spark plugs in M103 and M104's seem to be a continuous debate.
Both engines are very sensitive and can be problematic if the correct Merc spec plugs are not used...
But we all know that
