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Old 01-10-11, 05:43 PM
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thinking about putting some ngk iridium spark plugs in my soarer. my soarer has a 2jz-gte in it and i have heard that iridium plugs dont work well with turbo engines. is this true?
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No.

Some people just give them a bad rap because they don't know how to gap them properly.
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when i had a subaru, i ran one step colder iridium plugs at 30+psi on my gt35r. as far as i can tell iridium's last longer but cost alot more.

you dont gap iridium's, they are pre gapped and should never be re gapped.
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When I got my Soarer they came with iridium plugs from Japan so I replaced them with the NGK iridium plugs. You can go and ask for 2jz iridium plugs at any parts store. You don't have to gap them unless you're running a crap load of boost.. They come pre-gapped to .028 or .030 I think, so you should be fine. They last a long time if you don't run them super rich or they will foul a bit..
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Originally Posted by 06bluerex
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you dont gap iridium's, they are pre gapped and should never be re gapped.
lol; like I said
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Originally Posted by good2go
lol; like I said
not quite.
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^^ ok technically, I guess he didn't give them a bad rap.

(just misinformation)

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I just installed NGK Iridium IX on mine and had to re gap to .025 due to being over 18psi but if your running stock boost you should be fine.
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