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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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Tridium Plugs?

Ive heard that these ngk tridium plugs are the new best things for plugs. They must be reliable they are ngk, should i try them out has anyone else tried them, any performance gains? Im getting new plugs anyways so if these ones give a lil more performance ill get them. thx
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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Do we really need a radioactive hydrogen isotope in our spark plugs???
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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ngk does not make a "tridium" spark plug that I am aware of. If you meant "iridium", then yes, they are great to use
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Degmidgetg35
Ive heard that these ngk tridium plugs are the new best things for plugs. They must be reliable they are ngk, should i try them out has anyone else tried them, any performance gains? Im getting new plugs anyways so if these ones give a lil more performance ill get them. thx
No man... got it wrong...Tridium was that stuff that Doc Oc from needed from Harry to make his fusion reactor work in Spiderman 2. That stuff is expensive...if it can make a fusion reactor work that's like a small sun inside some guys apartment..it must be awesome in spark plugs.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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Alrigt never mine they were fake ngk's on ebay, cuz i looked at ngk's website and it was the same box, so it was iridium but the guy made a mistake on ebay. But are they better than the factory ngk's? Could there be no more joking around?
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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finally ....

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I hope they're not made of tritium, that would be deadly.
...... an underhood light !
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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I like copper and silver plugs for N/A applications personally....
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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I think you have to have a flux capacitor for tridium...
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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Do we really need a radioactive hydrogen isotope in our spark plugs???
Sorry buddy, that's Tritium.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 08:42 AM
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I just ordered my 3rd set of NGK Iridium spark plugs. They seem to be fine. I'm running one step colder for boosted applications, though. No point to change out the stock plugs if they don't need replacing. Our cars come stock with NGK Plats.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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My tuner would not let me run Iridium plugs in mine. He has had two sets crack inside VQ's and kill the motor. Neither one was built, both N/A, and were not worked on by him until after they went kaboom.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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My tuner would not let me run Iridium plugs in mine. He has had two sets crack inside VQ's and kill the motor. Neither one was built, both N/A, and were not worked on by him until after they went kaboom.
Woah, no kidding. Wow Tim, you just made up MY mind, after trying to find out what all the hype is about these iridium plugs....definitely not worth it IMO if that story is true!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ttrank
My tuner would not let me run Iridium plugs in mine. He has had two sets crack inside VQ's and kill the motor. Neither one was built, both N/A, and were not worked on by him until after they went kaboom.
Thats weird...as far as I know it is what most boosted VQs use. I'm on my second set and I have no problems.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:04 AM
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Sorry buddy, that's Tritium.
"Tridium" is the unedimecated way of spelling "Tritium"...
 
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