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Offline ssgoodman

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Spark Plug recommendations
« on: January 19, 2008, 04:22:10 am »
what is a good brand of spark plugs that you guys recommend for a 1976 400 v8 4x4.

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Offline 86 chevy silverado

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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008, 06:08:14 am »
AC Delco, the ones that belong there.
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2008, 07:10:12 am »
Quote from: 86 chevy silverado on January 19, 2008, 06:08:14 am
AC Delco, the ones that belong there.

+1 R44T is all you need
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2008, 10:53:08 am »
R45TSX is also a very nice plug. I run these in my 69 vette 355 in my 74.
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2008, 12:04:32 pm »
I've always been a fan of Champion and NGK plugs myself...My old '84 my dad now has would foul champions at around 10k miles, AC delco around 4-5k miles. My uncle's experience was exactly the opposite though.
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2008, 07:04:22 pm »
I prefer Accels. my dad's used them always, and so have I. I just like the way they perform. That and they burn nice and hot!
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2008, 07:08:01 pm »
Quote from: 86 chevy silverado on January 19, 2008, 06:08:14 am
AC Delco, the ones that belong there.

Yeah, use AC Delco plugs that are recommended for your 400.
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2008, 10:05:25 pm »
i've tried pretty much every plug on the market over time, and the AC Delco plugs seem to run the best in these trucks...the factory knew what they were doing when they made plugs for these engines...

werewolf if your dad's 84 is fouling plugs that fast you need to help him rebuild that puppy or throw in a new motor...
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2008, 10:14:35 pm »
Quote from: 77c15 on January 19, 2008, 10:53:08 am
R45TSX is also a very nice plug. I run these in my 69 vette 355 in my 74.

You run those in your 69 Vette? It can't be the original engine then I take it?
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2008, 10:18:58 pm »
no, i think he meant his '74 truck that has a 355 that started life as a 350 in a '69 Vette...that's what i gathered out of it...
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2008, 10:21:02 pm »
Gotcha he must be running newer heads.... I'm drinking I can't read lol
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2008, 02:23:29 pm »
Quote from: Fordeatinz71 on January 19, 2008, 10:05:25 pm
werewolf if your dad's 84 is fouling plugs that fast you need to help him rebuild that puppy or throw in a new motor...

Its gas fouling em, its a 305 w/ a Holley in the 600-700 CFM range (older carb, no model number that I can locate) that goes through accelerator pump diaphrams once a month (Couldn't find any reason for it, so I bought my '83 and didn't look at it again)..The cam crapped out more recently, he doesn't wanna rebuild it, and it'll be a year or so before I'm ready to drop my new motor in my truck so his can get my old motor with a new set of gaskets. He wont pay for the parts for a rebuild either. It may find itself being my parts truck if he can find a ready to drive 4wd fairly cheap again..the $300 '75 3/4 ton 4wd ford he bought was in a friends uninsured garage when the garage burned down..otherwise my truck would have recieved a replacement front left fender, a th350 w/ less than 10k miles, and a mound of spare parts already.
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2008, 05:09:04 pm »

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the $300 '75 3/4 ton 4wd ford he bought was in a friends uninsured garage when the garage burned down..

Are you sure the Ford didn't jus burn itself and take the garage with it?  ;D
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2008, 05:35:55 pm »
Quote from: VileZambonie on January 20, 2008, 05:09:04 pm

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the $300 '75 3/4 ton 4wd ford he bought was in a friends uninsured garage when the garage burned down..

Are you sure the Ford didn't jus burn itself and take the garage with it?  ;D

LOL ;D ;D
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Re: Spark Plug recommendations
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2008, 04:47:38 pm »
I dunno..if it did, it took a fully restored '59 harley and some other car with it.
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