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Old 11-29-2005, 10:01 PM
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Car: 87 T/A
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Best plugs for 87 TA

What are the best performing plugs for a mostly stock 87 305 TPI. I have just a cold air intake a K&N filter & catback exhaust with an ADS superchip. I had Splitfire Triple Platinums in the car , but they fouled out & a mechanic told me platinum plugs with the small center electrodes like in the splitfire & bosch don't work well in this application.
Should I go with Rapidfires or some type of iridium plug or what? Any help with this would be appreciated!!!
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I like the rapidfires personally. What about the Delco platinums?
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AC Delco R45TS ....good ol' Delco plugs work great. Forget about all the gimmiky fancy plugs stick to the basic cheap stuff that works great.
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I have the AC Delco plugs in now, maybe I'll try the rapidfires next time around. I'm thinking an MSD ignition box would be a bigger improvement than just some fancy plugs.
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From what i hear, top fuel dragsters run original champion spark plugs, and i'm sure if there was a single horsepower to be gained from one of those $10 spark-plugs they'd use them. Like i say i don't really have proof to back up my opinion, but from my past experiences the only difference i noticed from using NGK iridiums is a smoother idle. And dem plugs aint cheap, i'm certain that just a OEM-style plug will benefit almost if not as much as any other.
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I have the AC Delco plugs in now, maybe I'll try the rapidfires next time around. I'm thinking an MSD ignition box would be a bigger improvement than just some fancy plugs.
I think you already have the best plug for types of engines. I like the rapidfires a lot as well but they are a little harder on the wallet. Especially since you have to buy 8 of them.

An ignition system will definatly give you a performance increase over any plug alone.
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