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Spark plugs?
- Thread starter twospeed
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George Coleman
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Champion N9YC seems to work well for me and it is what the factory used!
RootesRacer
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Autolite 65s are 2 heat ranges up from the 63s which are the cross for the n9Yc.
I wouldnt go up two heat ranges unless I was trying to cure a problem.
In short use the Autolite 63.
tony perrett
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Champion N9YC seems to work well for me and it is what the factory used!
If you want genuine Champion N9YC plugs they are available in UK from The Green Spark Plug Co. at www.gsparkplug.com/shop
RootesRacer
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They are readily available in the US, though you really would want RN9YC plugs.
The lack of resistor is archaic and provides no benefit.
puff4
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I will never recommend anyone ever use Autolites... I have seen innumerable failures of their plugs over the years, in both racing and street cars. I'm not a 'fan' of any plug - Champion, NGK, Bosch all make perfectly good plugs and in my mind are largely interchangeable - but just *not* Autolite... they stink.
They stink? Do you suppose that is why I blew the insulator out of one? Oh the noise! It hit the fender so hard I thought a tire had blown.
Bill
puff4
Platinum Level Sponsor
Yeah, and that's only one of their many, many problems. Outright failure to ignite is the most likely problem.
The NGK equivalent is BP6ES. I just discovered these in my car and once I regapped them, they where way too wide, the idle running improved out of sight.