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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 11:44 AM
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Colder Plugs for Racing?

I've seen/read people say you want colder plugs for more power/boost, what about for stock power levels but doing a lot of road racing/autox? Better to run 1 step colder? Any adverse effects of a colder plug on normal driving?

Looking at the IKH24 personally.. or should stock power level just stick to stock plug, no matter the application?
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 12:02 PM
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Stock plug. My car still uses the stock heat range plugs per English Racing..
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 12:11 PM
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fair enough, thanks.

what's the difference between the stock ILFR7H and the LFR7AIX?
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 12:46 PM
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Totally different plug, size, width, etc. But same here- stock NGK plug - replace every season. We're gonna have to strip your Internets privilege so you stop driving yourself crazy lol.
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 12:48 PM
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ahahaha I'm OCD
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Balrok
Totally different plug, size, width, etc. But same here- stock NGK plug - replace every season. We're gonna have to strip your Internets privilege so you stop driving yourself crazy lol.
Yes, how would we go about doing that? I'm thinking a petition

Although I just saw this necrobump and just learned something so lets let him be for now...
Originally Posted by JohnBradley
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 02:17 PM
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Yes, how would we go about doing that? I'm thinking a petition

Although I just saw this necrobump and just learned something so lets let him be for now...
lolol benefit from my OCD!

I like to get on "research kicks" every once in a while and scour the net for information
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 11:37 AM
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Ask away. I benefit a lot from other people's questions.
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Old Jun 25, 2016 | 12:10 PM
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I went with a colder plug (IKH24) when the RED went on. The only difference I noticed was reducing the spark plug gap reduced idle quality a little bit which is understandable . Started at .025 and later went with .018-.020 for all the boost.
I think for a stock turbo car the stock range is fine. In the end it comes down to how well its tuned for track/abuse not just a spark plug type.
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