Modus Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Do the OEM spark plugs have a resistor in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modus Posted September 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Any OEM specs would be helpful if any one knows. Heat range and such. I'm looking at some different alternatives besides the typical Bosch platinum's, Copper's OEM. 2 plugs that I'm looking at: The E3 spark plug which has a an open spark gap, to bring the flame front directly on top of the piston. But they sell them with and with out a resistor. One thing I don't like is you can't gap them, and the specs for the car aren't listed in gap size. E3 just states, what ever OEM is and according to the customer stand point that's pretty vague . E3 Spark plugs Then there's the Pulsed Power technology spark plug. Essentially this plug still has the common design but they add an internal super conductor to enhance the spark energy at discharge. These can be re-gapped, come with a warranty. Pulsed Power plugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddylee82 Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Any OEM specs would be helpful if any one knows. Heat range and such. I'm looking at some different alternatives besides the typical Bosch platinum's, Copper's OEM. 2 plugs that I'm looking at: The E3 spark plug which has a an open spark gap, to bring the flame front directly on top of the piston. But they sell them with and with out a resistor. One thing I don't like is you can't gap them, and the specs for the car aren't listed in gap size. E3 just states, what ever OEM is and according to the customer stand point that's pretty vague . E3 Spark plugs Then there's the Pulsed Power technology spark plug. Essentially this plug still has the common design but they add an internal super conductor to enhance the spark energy at discharge. These can be re-gapped, come with a warranty. Pulsed Power plugs Can't help much, my car's non-turbo, and I wasted money on E3s. I don't know anything about resistors or not, they were on sale at Summit and I just ordered the ones they said my car used. I've had them for about 5 months now, replaced worn out OEM plugs with them. However I can't tell any difference between them and the NGKs I always ran in my previous N/A engine. Granted they helped fix a hard start problem I had, but any new plugs would have done that. I know that I've read countless times to stick with OEM plugs on the turbo cars, no personal experience there, but in my car the NGKs always worked great and they're a heck of a lot cheaper than paying for E3s marketing. E3s are to spark plugs what Bose is to the Audiophile world... good marketing - Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modus Posted September 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Can't help much, my car's non-turbo, and I wasted money on E3s. I don't know anything about resistors or not, they were on sale at Summit and I just ordered the ones they said my car used. I've had them for about 5 months now, replaced worn out OEM plugs with them. However I can't tell any difference between them and the NGKs I always ran in my previous N/A engine. Granted they helped fix a hard start problem I had, but any new plugs would have done that. I know that I've read countless times to stick with OEM plugs on the turbo cars, no personal experience there, but in my car the NGKs always worked great and they're a heck of a lot cheaper than paying for E3s marketing. E3s are to spark plugs what Bose is to the Audiophile world... good marketing - Lee Thanks for the insight Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bah Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 E3s are to spark plugs what Bose is to the Audiophile world... good marketing i lol'ed cause your 100% right. Klipsch ftw as for spark plugs, unfortunately as stated by lee, general consensus here is always the OEM's...this will definitely bring out some ppl though lol...how many spark plug argument threads are there on here? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Will Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 a lot less than oil argument threads :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzimark Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Look at the manual for heat range. Run OEMs or copper plugs for a turbo engine. /thread :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the commissar! Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 ...but a lot nonetheless...I vote oem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorqueSteer Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Champion, NGK or OEM. I have a T5, so I can't give any specific numbers for your GLT, but I can say that all three of those will serve you well with the proper gap. Ive run some NGK Racing plugs that were "non-resistor" and they worked ok for me. For my setup, however, nothing has worked as well as the Champion Coppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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