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HELP NOW PLEASE - spark plug break-loose torque

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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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Default RE: HELP NOW PLEASE - spark plug break-loose torque

ORIGINAL: ohnoesaz
I can confirm the '08s have a longer thread on both the spark plugs and, of course, the cylinder head. This gets rid of that dead space between the 05-07 plug's thread and the spark end. No where for crud to build up.

Of course, add it up between 8 plugs, and that means 08 owners might be missing 1-2 cubic inches of engine space. So they have 279s instead of 281s, but hey, I'll shutup with that part now. We don't need controversy.
Even if they added threads to the inside of the cylinder head it wouldn't change the displacement in fact it would up the compression ratio which most of the time ups the HP

displacement is the change in volume not the total volume
a change in cylinder diameter or stroke would add or remove displacement but a cylinder head change doesn't
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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Default RE: HELP NOW PLEASE - spark plug break-loose torque

ORIGINAL: richmod
Does the new 5.4L head in the F150 use a different plug than the old design?
I just checked 2004-2008 F-150 5.4's on autozone.com and they use HT1 plugs in all 5 years (04, 05, 06, 07, 08)

so I'm calling false on Mr. Loctite
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