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Old 01-07-2010, 10:04 AM
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Why spend the $100+ on those for 3-5hp? That in itself is just retarded...
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Old 01-07-2010, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by projectresto83
Why spend the $100+ on those for 3-5hp? That in itself is just retarded...
i highly doubt you will see ANY performance gain with those plugs.
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Old 01-07-2010, 11:44 AM
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2 guys garage (one of the shows on HP tv) did a dyno test with them and picked up a few. That was in a crapmaro though.
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Old 01-07-2010, 11:46 AM
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All of those shows are about selling product.. I freakin hate them
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Old 01-07-2010, 09:23 PM
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dont listen to ne of these guys. e3 plugs, tornado, electric supercharger, and altezza tail lights dropped 2 sec off my quarter mile. (i actually kinda liked those lights b4 tho)

haha...idk those gimmicks do get ur interest, but the ppl on this forum let me know the truth b4 i spent any ne money on them.
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Old 01-08-2010, 12:08 AM
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Then some dumb ****s still go out and buy stuff after we tell them not to. Then come back and complain!
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Old 01-08-2010, 08:18 AM
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I'd never run platnuim plugs in a carbed car, for obvious reasons
who said my car was carbed? My 1970, while being almost all original sheet metal, frame, etc, has completely custom mechanicals. It's now the car that Ford would have built in 1970, if they could have.
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Old 01-08-2010, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by projectresto83
Why spend the $100+ on those for 3-5hp? That in itself is just retarded...
Who talks like that? Next, are you going to bust out the "Dude, that was totally gay?"

Anyway, if you are talking about the E3's, then $100 would be "retarded" since they were $23.99 for the four of them (which was subsequently refunded by the retailer due to my bad experience. Thanks Jegs). Seems to me that I got spark plugs for a year and a half for free and you all got a real-world testimonial and all I had at risk was my wife's $1500 blue-book-value throw-away winter car that I wish she would throw away (or let me put in a demo derby, etc). What can I do, this is her 13th winter with it and she's "comfortable" with it. My hat's off to you if you never did anything quite so "retarded" as that. Now if I'd have put them in my 15k Mustang engine (okay that does include the turbos) and then damaged something, that would have been retarded.

If you need to feel superior, I can give you a list of WAY more dumb things that I have done on a whim. Can you say 20lbs of boost in a stock BMW eta motor with 200,000 miles on it? I put probably 100 hours of my time into that to pump 200 hp out of a 120 hp engine. Of course, I got 1,200 mi of fun before she blew and used what I learned (and bought) to build a rock-solid turbo M20 to swap into my 1976 BMW 2002. I guess I'll leave it up to you to determine if any of that is "retarded." I'm going to go change my drool cup now.

BTW, to the guy that thinks I was complaining, I was simply adding my experiences. Sometimes my desire to try new things gets the better of me (and sometimes it works out GREAT!) and I thought I would take my first shot at adding to the body of knowledge with something simple. People often tell me I should document some of my projects so as to "help out the next guy." I think in the future I will stick to doing and stay away from discussing.
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Old 01-08-2010, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ejohnson5120
who said my car was carbed? My 1970, while being almost all original sheet metal, frame, etc, has completely custom mechanicals. It's now the car that Ford would have built in 1970, if they could have.
No one did, SORRY for ASSuming it did, but what would you say my 66 has in it based on "YOUR" pryor experience and knowledge of the model.......???..lol
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Originally Posted by ejohnson5120
I think in the future I will stick to doing and stay away from discussing.
Please do. What he wrote was just a comment and was in no way directed at you. Now don't you feel like a retard.
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