What Plugs to Run - Yes I have read many threads on this. Read my questions closely.

[HTX1811]

Well, maybe not pristine or like new lol... but looks normal to me...

Do they have a spot like mine in the red circle?

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[Dgc333]

This is why I am changing them and viewers like you are why I have to be so precise about what I am looking for. Trying to keep the thread on topic based on what I have read and gleaned from this forum and the status of my current plugs.

The gaps are .030 and the pics of the plugs speak for themselves.

I don't see anything wrong with your plugs. The side electrode has a nice tan color, the center electrode is clean with no errosion and the insulator is clean. Not sure why all your pictures are of the side of the plug, it is the tip that is important.

I would just clean them up, regap them to .028" and put them back in.

 

[Pinepig]

I don't see anything wrong with your plugs. The side electrode has a nice tan color, the center electrode is clean with no errosion and the insulator is clean. Not sure why all your pictures are of the side of the plug, it is the tip that is important.

I would just clean them up, regap them to .028" and put them back in.

Yep

 

[HTX1811]

viewers like me??

I love it. ?

Someone will be along shortly to bring up TG dampers and Graphene 303

Exactly. So you understand my meaning and get it.

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[Racket]

viewers like me??

I love it. ?

Someone will be along shortly to bring up TG dampers and Graphene 303

That was freaking masterful with the photo swap. Well played ?

I don't see any reason to change out unless radical modifications are carried out and with those more maintenance and shorter engine life.

I was reading some discussion on a Honda Pilot board claiming the Rutheniums provided some super marginal MPG improvement and barely perceptible performance boost. But without some testing I don't think I'd cough up $50 yet to swap mine.

Now, if NGK wanted to send me some for casual testing I'd do that for y'all.

 

[HTX1811]

What's done is done. It can also be undone in about 20 minutes or less. That was the easiest plug swap I have ever done except maybe a lawnmower.

 

[TheBadger]

If only Dee-Zee tailgate dampers came in a 4 pack too!

 

[JDowns]

Without the word “spark” in the title, this could be construed as click bait. ?

 

[kieefer]

Thanks. This is useful information. I am not looking for a seat of the pants performance feel, just some plugs that will work in our application. If I have issues, I will go back to a factory spec plug.

I read on the internet that my fuel mileage would increase with the plug change but I got as much boost in mpg as I did with the enlarged aftermarket air intake scoop…..zip, zero, nada.

 

[importfighter01]

Unleashed tune no other major mods, replaced mine at 30k with NGK 95605 gap at .26.

I run the same plugs and gap. Works great, no regrets

 

[HTX1811]

I run the same plugs and gap. Works great, no regrets

After about 400 miles all is good. Not going to comment on gas millage just yet. A bit early for that. I will say my avg. for the last 3200 miles according to trip 2 is 17.4 mpg. Going to reset it and see what it says after 1000 miles. Not really expecting anything different, but compared to others, my MPG seems low. I do drive like a bat out of hell all the time though and my 93 tune is a pretty aggressive one.

 

[Trigganometry]

After about 400 miles all is good. Not going to comment on gas millage just yet. A bit early for that. I will say my avg. for the last 3200 miles according to trip 2 is 17.4 mpg. Going to reset it and see what it says after 1000 miles. Not really expecting anything different, but compared to others, my MPG seems low. I do drive like a bat out of hell all the time though and my 93 tune is a pretty aggressive one.

Mileage will also take a good hit with winter gas and colder temps. I can say that with certainty with Fuelly data.

 

[THLONE]

If you run a tune and run new plugs and run ?oil do you lose weight?

 

[HTX1811]

If you run a tune and run new plugs and run ?oil do you lose weight?

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[Racket]

After about 400 miles all is good. Not going to comment on gas millage just yet. A bit early for that. I will say my avg. for the last 3200 miles according to trip 2 is 17.4 mpg. Going to reset it and see what it says after 1000 miles. Not really expecting anything different, but compared to others, my MPG seems low. I do drive like a bat out of hell all the time though and my 93 tune is a pretty aggressive one.

Sounds like you are relying on the onboard MPG computer. If you weren't manually calculating it before there's a chance that legit changes are going to be inaccurately measured. If it's positive at all, great.

I 'corrected' my onboard and have recently changed brands on tires and that showed a .1 mpg improvement overall which I'd consider within a nominal variance.

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