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Old 10-13-2007, 05:41 AM
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Default Installed my 3rd set of Denso IK22s last night with 26K on the old ones...>>

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The #2 plug was the worst causing a stutter under hard acceleration. All others wore the same and could have gone another couple thousand miles.

Picked then up from Neuspeed for under $50 including free shipping.

Mileage: 116,200.
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Default you obviously like them better than the NGK's?

i've always been curious about the advantages...
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Ive got mine since 10/05 and like em alot........16k on em.......
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Default The stock NGKs were not bad. But after a few mods...>>

they didn't hold up. I tried the copper and the NGK one range cooler plugs but the IK22 seemed to work better in my car. The copper plugs didn't have the performance that everyone said and the NGKs were about the same cost and the Denso's.

I have the gap set at 0.030 and check them every 5K. they seem to open during that time.

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Hi Sal. Did you check the gap yet?
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Default I gotta go check mine!

maybe I will get better oil pressure?

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Thanks for the tip - I seriously never thought about re-gapping the plugs
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Default Hi Adam. Yeah, I noticed that the gap increased some after 10K...>>

I just added this to my 5K service - oil, clean and lube dv, clean maf and now VTDA, and check plug gaps.

Hope everything is going well with you and the family. Missed you at TTE. maybe next year.
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Default My Denso Gaps after 22K.......>>

Started at .032 on this set. The car ran spectacularly well with no hicccups the whole time. Never a stutter or misfire. Replaced with a second set gapped to .030 and ran like a watch until it left..

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Default My #2 plug seemed to have lost most of it's electrode causing a stutter under load...>>

After replacing the plugs, all good once again.
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Default yeah..but you never drove it...so you do not count!!!! >>>

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