bonvo Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 beat me to it matt lol Quote Link to comment
wobbedennis Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 I have an E3 that was given to me for a single cylinder Honda. It's fouled on me a couple of times now. it's worthless. I run factory in my car/trucks. So for my Jeep, it's Champions, my Ford, Motorcraft, My 210, NGK, but I had to step them down in heat. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Of the cars I have changed plugs on, and did my research on (so maybe just select motors) Euro = NGK (Never heard of a good bosche plug anymore, they USED to be good. OEM is still fine though...) Confirmed on my 01 Jetta 2.0 and by my VW mechanic who only uses NGK after years of testing. Japanese = NGK Datsun and a few others over the years. Ford = NGK, though I have heard Autolites and Motorcraft are good too. 93 Thunderbird and 95 Taurus 3.8. My Thunderturd hated bosche. Chevy = ACDelco my Saturn Chrysler = Champion sisters 99 Grand Caravan 3.8 I have also never heard of a NGK messing up in a GM or Chrysler, just that other brands are preferred. And E3 plugs, go read the Corvette forums. Youll find they hate them with a passion, even in their lawn mowers. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 autolites do the self tightening. Buy NGK or Denso I havent bout new plugs in 10years. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Fishing lures, (or any shiny gimmick) catch more fishermen that fish. E3 was designed to make money for the seller. A spark plug is a spark plug. There have been only a very few improvements in the last hundred years. If you feel an improvement, it's one of two things. 1/ you had the wrong plug in there or the old one needed changing. 2/ the placebo effect... which in general terms agrees that the more you spend on something the better it has to work. Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Walk around the pits at any NHRA Race and ask the guys that have E3 decals on their cars to show you their plugs. You will get some dirty looks or the finger in most cases!! They almost all run NGK! We run them in a 540 c.i. blown alcohol engine and they actually last quite a few rounds! Quote Link to comment
EricJB Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 If they run E3 decals (one on each side), and win, they get contingency money from E3. That's why a lot of racers plaster stickers on their car. Money for winning. Snake oil BTW. Quote Link to comment
DottiBlue Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I went through a couple sets of Ngk plugs in a mazda I have. Put a set of Bosch Platinums in and haven't had an issue. That being said. The forum for that car despises the Bosch plugs and recommends the Ngk. Who knows.... When I was racing, We always used Ngk and they always work great. Quote Link to comment
Trophy24 Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 You guys all confirm my feelings about these silly spark plugs (E3). They are good for a laugh at work when we see them. Because Race Car! I have never installed them, only removed them from customer's cars who were having problems. I prefer NGK or ND plugs myself. The worst possible choice (besides E3) would be Champion in my book. Quote Link to comment
85 Nissan 720 Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 🤣🤣Here y'all go talking s*** don't even know what y'all talking about E3 spark plugs are great never had any problems I use them in all my engines my LS3 Corvette loves these spark plugs 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 Not at all worth the cost. NGK baby!!!! After market parts industry relies on customer's ignorance thinking that their car maker's engineers don't know what they are doing and that the more they pay for something and the shinier it is, the better it is. It's a spark plug, been around for over a hundred years. Hard to improve on. Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 If not for the revival of this near decade old thread, I would not have heard about E3 plugs. And I would probably still not care about E3 plugs. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, datzenmike said: Not at all worth the cost. NGK baby!!!! After market parts industry relies on customer's ignorance thinking that their car maker's engineers don't know what they are doing and that the more they pay for something and the shinier it is, the better it is. It's a spark plug, been around for over a hundred years. Hard to improve on. Iridium oem plugs in my honderp last 100k+, tho Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 4 hours ago, 85 Nissan 720 said: 🤣🤣Here y'all go talking s*** don't even know what y'all talking about E3 spark plugs are great never had any problems I use them in all my engines my LS3 Corvette loves these spark plugs Yes, LS3 Corvette may love them, because of the smart EFI system. Old skool carb'd motors have a hard time with fragile spark plugs. NGK B#ES are the best you can run in a Datsun L motor. Quote Link to comment
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