Honda Car Forum

I was suggested:
NGK irridium
NGK platinum
NGK regular

I'm planning on keeping the car for a couple of years(already had it
for 4).

I've already replaced the hole distributor assembly as the igniter
died.

Also what do you suggest for plug wires?

Thanks inadvance!

On 3/27/07 10:26 AM, in article
1175009179.283682.50430@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.c om, "patbro@gmail.com"
<patbro@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was suggested:
> NGK irridium
> NGK platinum
> NGK regular
>
> I'm planning on keeping the car for a couple of years(already had it
> for 4).
>
> I've already replaced the hole distributor assembly as the igniter
> died.
>
> Also what do you suggest for plug wires?
>
> Thanks inadvance!
>

Use what it was born with, OEM wires and OEM plugs, which I believe are the
NGK regulars. Then change them at the prescribed intervals.

patbro@gmail.com wrote in news:1175009179.283682.50430
@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

> I was suggested:
> NGK irridium
> NGK platinum
> NGK regular



Use whichever of the above you wish. NGK is factory-specification.

Your car originally came with "regular". Platinum and iridium
(not "irridium") are longer-lasting but have the same electrical
characteristics.

I use platinum because my engine spends most of its time around 4K rpm,
which erodes plugs like crazy.


>
> I'm planning on keeping the car for a couple of years(already had it
> for 4).


Cool. I've had mine for sixteen.


>
> I've already replaced the hole distributor assembly as the igniter
> died.
>
> Also what do you suggest for plug wires?



OEM (Honda dealer). Don't use anything else.


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

use better plug wires than oem. you will notice a difference. i put accel
thundersport wires on my civic and it runs alot smoother and it may have
added more horsepower. theyre good quality also. the oem plug wires are bare
minimum.

-jeff



"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
news:Xns9900D7B52AFDAtegger@207.14.116.130...
> patbro@gmail.com wrote in news:1175009179.283682.50430
> @b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
>
>> I was suggested:
>> NGK irridium
>> NGK platinum
>> NGK regular
>
>
>
> Use whichever of the above you wish. NGK is factory-specification.
>
> Your car originally came with "regular". Platinum and iridium
> (not "irridium") are longer-lasting but have the same electrical
> characteristics.
>
> I use platinum because my engine spends most of its time around 4K rpm,
> which erodes plugs like crazy.
>
>
>>
>> I'm planning on keeping the car for a couple of years(already had it
>> for 4).
>
>
> Cool. I've had mine for sixteen.
>
>
>>
>> I've already replaced the hole distributor assembly as the igniter
>> died.
>>
>> Also what do you suggest for plug wires?
>
>
>
> OEM (Honda dealer). Don't use anything else.
>
>
> --
> Tegger
>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
> www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

"Jeff" <jeffscomp@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:J_tOh.686$Q23.652@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net:

> use better plug wires than oem. you will notice a difference. i put
> accel thundersport wires on my civic and it runs alot smoother and it
> may have added more horsepower. theyre good quality also. the oem plug
> wires are bare minimum.



Were your Accels more expensive or less expensive than OEM?


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Tegger wrote:
> "Jeff" <jeffscomp@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
> news:J_tOh.686$Q23.652@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net:
>
>> use better plug wires than oem. you will notice a difference. i put
>> accel thundersport wires on my civic and it runs alot smoother and it
>> may have added more horsepower. theyre good quality also. the oem plug
>> wires are bare minimum.
>
>
>
> Were your Accels more expensive or less expensive than OEM?
>
>
while i hate "ricer" crap, i gotta say, the real deal quality plug
leads, coiled core, /are/ better than oem. accel do seem to be such an
example.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:12:23 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> patbro@gmail.com wrote in news:1175009179.283682.50430
> @b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
>
>> I was suggested:
>> NGK irridium
>> NGK platinum
>> NGK regular
>
>
>
> Use whichever of the above you wish. NGK is factory-specification.
>
> Your car originally came with "regular". Platinum and iridium (not
> "irridium") are longer-lasting but have the same electrical
> characteristics.
>
> I use platinum because my engine spends most of its time around 4K rpm,
> which erodes plugs like crazy.
>
>
>
>> I'm planning on keeping the car for a couple of years(already had it for
>> 4).
>
>
> Cool. I've had mine for sixteen.
>
>
>
>> I've already replaced the hole distributor assembly as the igniter died.
>>
>> Also what do you suggest for plug wires?
>
>
>
> OEM (Honda dealer). Don't use anything else.


I would imagine aftermarket NGK wires would work well. They are probably
the OEM supplier.

=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno@AE86.gts>
wrote in news:hWiPh.30$IY4.23@trndny03:


>
>
> I would imagine aftermarket NGK wires would work well. They are
> probably the OEM supplier.
>
>


OEM here is Sumitomo.

NGK *is* a Honda OEM for some parts though, so you may be right, although I
still wouldn't trust even Japanese aftermarket without some sort of
verification.

And when is comes right down to the nub of the matter, that's all an
automaker's franchised dealer sells: verification, confidence, trust.

--
Tegger
The Unofficial Honda FAQ
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:55:03 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote
> in news:hWiPh.30$IY4.23@trndny03:
>
>
>
>>
>> I would imagine aftermarket NGK wires would work well. They are probably
>> the OEM supplier.
>>
>>
>>
>
> OEM here is Sumitomo.
>
> NGK *is* a Honda OEM for some parts though, so you may be right, although
> I still wouldn't trust even Japanese aftermarket without some sort of
> verification.
>
> And when is comes right down to the nub of the matter, that's all an
> automaker's franchised dealer sells: verification, confidence, trust.


Ah, yes...Sumitomo. They were OEM for Toyota a few years back, too.

I live about 3/4 mile from a US manufacturing plant that makes their
specialty wire here in the US.