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    wanta get good brand spark plugs and leads to improve me car what brands would u suggest for vz 175kw and how much am i loooking at
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    oh dear, good luck finding a set of leads for your VZ.
    (Alloytec's don't need leads, the coils sit straight on the plugs !
    And plugs won't make any difference, just replace with the standard ones, how many k's on your car ?

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    Plugs you'd be looking at roughly 20 bucks per plug. That's just off the top of my head though.

    But yeah, VZs don't have leads, and you're not going to gain any noticeable difference from "High performance" plugs. Just stick to standard platinums.
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    got 175 thousand ks on it,just cant seem to work out what the hell this flat spot is been caused from,air intakes all fine just had a service done,cleaned out the throttle body im out of ideas i dunno why its so slugish!

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    Quote Originally Posted by glenny1988 View Post
    got 175 thousand ks on it,just cant seem to work out what the hell this flat spot is been caused from,air intakes all fine just had a service done,cleaned out the throttle body im out of ideas i dunno why its so slugish!
    Cause its a alloytec 175 mines exactly the same,done all servicing and not fixed,been told a tune would fix it.But not gonna bother

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    Make sure the vacuume pipe of the throttle body is not split and sucking air, that will give you a miss fire

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    Some plugs cost $60 each. Not sure what these are but said to have platinum and so-and-so with a life of 160,000km.
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    Dead spots in acceleration? Check your knock sensors and oxygen sensors. Maybe try an ECU reset (i.e. battery disconnect) also. Plugs should be changed at 100,000km intervals on petrol models and the best plugs to use are either double platinums or iridiums.
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    i hope your not paying 20 bux for a plug, let alone 60 bux...i think 11-12 bux for the ngk iridums part number ltr6ap-11 from the top of me head, get them from anywhere, i'd say ngk would be the best, dunno why, its a personal thing, spark plug's a spark plug really, all they gotta do is spark and that's their job done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2005vzute View Post
    i hope your not paying 20 bux for a plug, let alone 60 bux...i think 11-12 bux for the ngk iridums part number ltr6ap-11 from the top of me head, get them from anywhere, i'd say ngk would be the best, dunno why, its a personal thing, spark plug's a spark plug really, all they gotta do is spark and that's their job done.
    Agreed. I just paid $4.70 each for NGK. I believe standard plugs should be changed at 20,000 km intervals. IMO Bosch are crap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VYMAD View Post
    Agreed. I just paid $4.70 each for NGK. I believe standard plugs should be changed at 20,000 km intervals. IMO Bosch are crap.
    Yeah, standard plugs. Platinums last a lot longer, and are the standard application on the VZ as you need to take the intake manifold off to get to them.
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