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 Nov 19, 2003 - 1:01 AM
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went 2 autozone today and bought some iridium for my 7a today, haven't tried if it fits but is there anybody here that has iridium in their 7a ?
... i know denso makes em for 5s not for 7a ... is this another autozone mistake ? --------------------  |
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Nov 19, 2003 - 1:09 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 6, '03 From Long Beach, CA..."LBC" Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yup...i got some in mine....they're Ik16
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Nov 19, 2003 - 1:34 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 17, '03 From Huntsville, AL USA (Born and Raised in NY) Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
no mistake. it's legit. I was going to densos but i got a hookup for a set of platinum 4s for $6.50 US. I'll upgrade when i get my new wires.
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Nov 19, 2003 - 5:05 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 21, '02 From Italy Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I got my iridium IK27 for 38$....
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Nov 19, 2003 - 12:33 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 21, '03 From Endicott NY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
My IK16's were $44 shipped.
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Nov 19, 2003 - 2:56 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
And for the best part, they dont do sh.t, well atleast any better, . These arnt performance cars guy's-come on.
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Nov 20, 2003 - 1:06 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 17, '03 From Huntsville, AL USA (Born and Raised in NY) Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I've already boosted fuel effeiency by upgrading my plugs. It's worth it.
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Nov 20, 2003 - 3:46 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 8, '03 From NorCal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
That's probably because your old plugs were all burnt out... Like mentioned before... you won't feel anything, wastin money on Iridium plugs and such... unless your old plugs were already messed up to begin with. I mean, it's a 7AFE goddamn it... instead of having just 110 hp... I need to spend 40-50 dollars and have 110.2 hp... heh (i know from experience... I built an all-motor 7AFE costing me $$$) |
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Nov 20, 2003 - 7:26 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 6, '03 From Long Beach, CA..."LBC" Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
its all good anyway cuz i got em for 20 bucks....its a deal cuz i got off the streets....made my car idle alot smoother and other things a lil better thats about it.....how long do iridiums last???
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Nov 21, 2003 - 12:48 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 17, '03 From Huntsville, AL USA (Born and Raised in NY) Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Good point but they were almost free for me. Oh Well. |
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Nov 21, 2003 - 9:43 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Dallas, Tx Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
How far did you go with it? What kind of power did you make? This is the first I've heard of anybody really doing this. |
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Nov 21, 2003 - 11:12 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Austin Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
like someone said above they dont' do jack...I spent $14 for EACH sparkplug only to realize no gain was made from them except a little smoother idle and pickup...which im sure i could've got from $5 dollar ones.
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Nov 21, 2003 - 3:33 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Just put coppers in and change them every 15k miles. Thats just a waste of money. Unless your a turbo car then it makes no difference.
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Nov 21, 2003 - 3:42 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 17, '03 From Florence, KY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Won't they make up the difference in price since they last like 100,000 miles?
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Nov 21, 2003 - 10:23 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 8, '03 From NorCal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I went pretty far. It was about 3 years ago when I was taking autoX courses. The stuff I had done was mostly headwork. Machined head, P&P, valve job, titanium springs/retainers, etc. Just about everything in the head minus cams, pushrods, and the cam gear. It originally dynoed stock about 90 something whp (40K motor) and after it was fully built (estimated $700+ or so in custom work plus my own work [that's just headwork, not including exhaust, header, CAI, UD pulley, SAFC]) dynoed around 126 whp, poorly tuned. I never got the chance to fully tune the motor. The only tuning It ever got was dyno tuning a safc. I started getting rod knocks and eventually started losing compression. I replaced the rings and ran the car a few times, till I spun out and crashed while running at Thunderhills raceway in Willows, CA. The motor died from the accident, or the motor's death caused the accident, but anyways, yeah. It's not really worth the money cause you can literally go out and buy a faster car cheaper. I doubt my all-motor 7AFE set-up could even roll with modded Integra GSRs and B16 Civics and stuff, so it wasn't that fast. I never tracked that car, but I would estimate mid-high 15's... |
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Nov 28, 2003 - 5:26 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 6, '03 From Long Beach, CA..."LBC" Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
sounds nice, thats some pretty decent gains maybe all u needed is a tubo but wouldnt be NA anymore but at the looks of it u could get pretty good gains with all that head work plus a turbo.....
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Nov 28, 2003 - 8:37 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
am i the only one that doesn't see that as a wate of money or time.. you when from 90 whp to 127whp thats thats great and you didn't any any extra weight to the car... -------------------- |
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Nov 29, 2003 - 1:04 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 8, '03 From NorCal Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
They are decent gains, but mind you, I spent a lot more than what It would have costed me to go turbo. That includes all of the little things that broke on me, things I had to re-do, things I had to replace, etc. 126 whp is only about 150 bhp or so for our cars... so it's not very significant gains. I guess you could have compared that power output to that of a modded 7th gen GT (although I would prefer the 7th gen GT to my fully built ST because of the superior suspension and chassi design alone). As for now, heh... my mind is on different things and autoX isn't one of them. Actually, my Celica isn't even one of them...;] This post has been edited by Kwanza: Nov 29, 2003 - 1:04 AM |
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