Spark Plugs

Dickenson, You dawg you! Abandoning the Northwest for the beaches of Mexico in December? Way to go, Dude!

Steve

Hi, I had V grooves in Silver for several years, when the platinums last year became less costly I bought a set. The V Groove plugs were almost like new, my car rides a trailer to shows and only drives the show grounds and the slalom courses so not too many miles. The platinums should last even longer, and the akward job of changing them will be less often. I also have an MSD 6A ignition box installed and the later small single coil, the car starts very quick in this configuration. If you would like to do this conversion I could help with wiring details if needed.

Art Dickenson.
1983 XJS GT \"Silver\""

I used the NGK V-power in my '89 XJS when I had it, and use them in my '72 E-type V-12, and they work great. Don't know that there is really any advantage to getting the platinum plugs, other than they are much more expensive. Just be sure that you get the right plug and gap it properly. Especially if you have the Marelli ignition, don't enlarge the gap. Make sure it is at .025". There has been a lot of discussion about people having problems (like engine fires) from increasing the gap to .035 trying to get a "hotter" spark.

Steve Weinstein, JTC-NJ
'72 E-type 2+2
'70 XKE FHC
Former '89 XJS owner