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Are Iridium plugs any better? - Grumpy Goat - 06-01-2019
RE: Are Iridium plugs any better? - sanemancured - 06-08-2019
Interesting thread here on Adventure Rider Wayne....
https://advrider.com/f/threads/alternate-spark-plug-for-liquid-cooled-gsw.1109811/
RE: Are Iridium plugs any better? - Grumpy Goat - 06-08-2019
(06-08-2019, 08:58 AM)sanemancured Wrote: Interesting thread here on Adventure Rider Wayne....
https://advrider.com/f/threads/alternate-spark-plug-for-liquid-cooled-gsw.1109811/
I will give this a read when I get to the hotel this evening. Just started a road trip of about 2500 miles with the iridium plugs. Will pull them when I get back home and inspect and maybe do a follow up video.
So far my preliminary conclusion is that any benefit is minuscule on this engine.
RE: Are Iridium plugs any better? - sanemancured - 06-08-2019
(06-08-2019, 11:39 AM)Grumpy Goat Wrote:(06-08-2019, 08:58 AM)sanemancured Wrote: Interesting thread here on Adventure Rider Wayne....
https://advrider.com/f/threads/alternate-spark-plug-for-liquid-cooled-gsw.1109811/
I will give this a read when I get to the hotel this evening. Just started a road trip of about 2500 miles with the iridium plugs. Will pull them when I get back home and inspect and maybe do a follow up video.
So far my preliminary conclusion is that any benefit is minuscule on this engine.
Have a great trip. To be honest, for a plug to make a significant difference to performance in the modern world it would have to be blessed with some magic. As I said recently on the 'other' forum, when we try new things there is a tendency to use more throttle to assess any possible change and that makes us think 'ooh this is good'.
I think I'll keep my originals that were changed less than 8k miles ago. The Hilltop tune will make a much more significant difference.
Keep safe.
Peter
RE: Are Iridium plugs any better? - Grumpy Goat - 06-08-2019
(06-08-2019, 01:16 PM)sanemancured Wrote: I think I'll keep my originals that were changed less than 8k miles ago. The Hilltop tune will make a much more significant difference.
Keep safe.
Peter
Thanks. i will try.
I think you are right about the tune vs the plugs.