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My car is about to hit 50000kms and im gonna get it dyno tuned just to up the boost slightly and wanted to put some new plugs in it. I have priced some plugs locally and apparently the R34 comes standard with platinum plugs? is this true? If so im guessing i wont need to really change them as they are good for 100000kms arent they?. Can anyone tell me if iridium plugs have any advantages over platinum? and are they gonna be any good if the dyno tuner wants to change the gap for performance benefits?

Any help would be great

Thanks

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Hi

My car is about to hit 50000kms and im gonna get it dyno tuned just to up the boost slightly and wanted to put some new plugs in it. I have priced some plugs locally and apparently the R34 comes standard with platinum plugs? is this true? If so im guessing i wont need to really change them as they are good for 100000kms arent they?. Can anyone tell me if iridium plugs have any advantages over platinum? and are they gonna be any good if the dyno tuner wants to change the gap for performance benefits?

Any help would be great

Thanks

This question gets asked every couple of weeks. The search button is ur friend, use it.

Quick re: iridiums have no advantage except longevity. U may have to regap if running higher boost.

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Well according to NGK the Iridiums do have advantages over Platinums. They last longer for one thing.

I think that the V-Groove regular plugs I had were stronger sparking (at the same, 0.8mm gap) than the Iridiums. I'm about to put V-Grooves back in, to replace my 35,000(ish)km old Iridiums.

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