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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:47 AM
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as above, the car is a 2wd sapphire cos, low comp, 3 bar, 803's, 500 cooler etc. running a t3 which boost's too 22psi. 328bhp before missfire . i've tested the plugs, and i'm pretty confident thats the route of my trouble.

i've heard that 071's at 0.6mm would be best, am i too assume these are available from ford? and is this the best option for me? or i am best just nipping down to demon tweeks and getting shafted by some over priced option?

oppions and advice much needed.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 06:12 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COSWORTH-AGP-0...QQcmdZViewItem

found them for you Im running them and imo they are a good budget option.

Stu.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 07:13 AM
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Hi mate i just put champion c57 in on recomendation although now has a lumpy tickover, but much smoother when driving
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Old May 20, 2006 | 08:33 AM
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tweeks just quoted £60 for a set of denzo iridium, are these any good??
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Old May 20, 2006 | 10:15 AM
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lol shud hope so for 60 quid!!
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Old May 20, 2006 | 10:27 AM
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071's are great value for the money i personally change them every time i change the oil.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 12:35 PM
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i've just changed from 071's to denso iridium ik27's

the 071's are a good cheap plug but mine were pretty much done after 3k (electrode worn away)

the denso's idle very well and hopefully will last ages
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Old May 20, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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pp8's all day long at 0.6 mm

Never had a problem
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Old May 21, 2006 | 08:09 AM
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after speaking with a couple of local tuner's i've gone for some c57's gapped at 25 thou ( 0.63mm ) cost me £40. i was told to expect them to last between 3000 to 6000 miles.

the tick over does'nt seem as bad as i was expecting, and it feels as smooth as ever through the rev range.

cheeRS all.
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Old May 21, 2006 | 08:11 AM
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I gave up with the c57 and c59 range...couldnt get more than 2500miles out of them.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 04:33 PM
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think the c57 , c59 are more of a race plug and hi boost. ive just put a set of pp8 at 0.8mm for standard boost runs better than ever .
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Old May 22, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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shame they dont make the 701s any more
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