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Offline Bido

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Sparkplug question
« on: February 26, 2008, 03:11:23 PM »
I have a 78 750 SS F3 stock coils and wires should I be using a resistor or non resistor plug I am looking at a set of denso plugs and am not sure of what to use. Whats the story with the premium plugs by denso?

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2008, 03:24:08 PM »
If you are also using the stock resistor plug caps, you do not want resistor type plugs.
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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2008, 03:53:47 PM »
How do mean by "premium" plugs? The iridium ones? If so, I think the iridium plugs are only available in the resistor type, so they would not work well with a stock ignition.

The Denso U-groove plugs work well and are better suited for "wasted spark" ignitions, as are on these bikes, IMHO.
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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2008, 03:22:11 PM »
I ordered a set of X24ES-ZU from Sparkplugs.com would these be the correct plugs?

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2008, 04:16:51 PM »
If the 750 F used NGK D8EA plugs, X24ES-U is the correct Denso plug.
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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2008, 06:23:24 PM »
Ok I got a question. The iridium is supposed to be better for low spark systems such as ours. Are you sure the double resistor issue applies to the iridiums? I gather from past threads that it only applies to "standard" plugs.

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2008, 06:55:49 PM »
And if you end up using the resistor plugs, will going to a non resistor cap fix the double resistor thing?
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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2008, 07:03:51 PM »
it would with regular plugs but the iridiums are resistor plugs but I was under the impression from past threads on this that a double resistor setup was fine with the iridiums.

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2008, 11:15:48 PM »
And if you end up using the resistor plugs, will going to a non resistor cap fix the double resistor thing?

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2008, 11:21:27 PM »
it would with regular plugs but the iridiums are resistor plugs but I was under the impression from past threads on this that a double resistor setup was fine with the iridiums.

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2008, 11:09:03 AM »
are you running iridiums with resistor caps?  If so that would be great but then I have stock coils with a dynaS. You think it would work good?

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2008, 12:31:48 PM »
 

 I have iridium and it work fine on my bike!
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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2008, 07:45:46 PM »
you running resistor caps? If so, did you notice or see some improvement?

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #13 on: February 29, 2008, 03:12:42 AM »


 oh yeah,in fact i like so much iridium spark plugs that i put that in my mustang ;)
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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #14 on: February 29, 2008, 06:08:37 AM »
Which kind did you put in? densos or ngk? and what was the number?

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Re: Sparkplug question
« Reply #15 on: February 29, 2008, 01:38:08 PM »


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