gas plugs and leads

[kasey375]

Can any one tell me how much difference there id between gass leads and plugs.
i put new leads and plugs on my vn but i didnt have the money at the time for gas ones and didnt think there was much or any defference,
i have noticed that latley i have not been geting verry for from a tank of gas,would this be from puting the wrong leads and plugs in my car or should i be looking some where else.
any help will be great.

[pandaman]

Can any one tell me how much difference there id between gass leads and plugs.
i put new leads and plugs on my vn but i didnt have the money at the time for gas ones and didnt think there was much or any defference,
i have noticed that latley i have not been geting verry for from a tank of gas,would this be from puting the wrong leads and plugs in my car or should i be looking some where else.
any help will be great.

Not a lot of difference really. For spark plugs, a lot of people reccomend that you run plugs that are one heat range colder than standard. I did it on my old bbq juice fired falcon and it made bugger all difference as far as I could tell. No harm in trying it though. For leads, just go for a good brand and you'll be right, maybe a little bit thicker than standard. Once again, tried it on the XE and the only difference was that the topgun leads lasted about three times as far as the crappy el-cheapo's i was using.

[kasey375]

yeah ok thanks

[HoZy]

Hmm i just got the new Bosch plugs an 9mm leads.... Not colder, but more punchy off the line.

I get 450-600km from a 60ltr tank of gas.

Cheers
MaT

[pandaman]

Hmm i just got the new Bosch plugs an 9mm leads.... Not colder, but more punchy off the line.

I get 450-600km from a 60ltr tank of gas.

Cheers
MaT

That's some dang good economy right there. In my experience Bosch aren't too bad, but the old battle wagon used to chew through Bosch leads something shocking, dunno what was causing it but the bloody things just turned to chalk after 20,000k's or so. Spent the extra on a set of Champions and they were still going strong when the car and I parted ways.

[kasey375]

Hmm i just got the new Bosch plugs an 9mm leads.... Not colder, but more punchy off the line.

I get 450-600km from a 60ltr tank of gas.

Cheers
MaT

I got a 80ltr tank and im getting about 400-450km

[potshots007]

yeah i think a decent thickness plug leads is good for gas, i am runn 10mm top gun leads, and i also running colder plugs.

also i change my plugs every 10,000-20,000kms and also check my leads resistance the same time, i think to run gas economically everything needs to be pretty spot on, i got a VN V6, and i got a 80L tank and i get about 500-550kms around town and about 700-750km open road

cheers, nick