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  • tn_dude05
    Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 70

    #1

    Spark Plug question?

    Just got done building a 355 with double hump steel heads, I was going to run a # 26 autolite spark plug. Now the problem is that the autolite #26 plug has a tapered seat, my heads are not tapered seat heads. Any suggestions?, I'm on a budget. I'm running a .040 piston that's 11.5 -1 compression. 206 intake 160 exhaust, solid lift cam, 750 cfm holley. Going to be running on a 3/8 mile banked dirt track, in a limited late model. Any advise would be helpful, Thanks in advance.
    Last edited by tn_dude05; 10-26-2014, 03:29 AM.
  • usafracer
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2010
    • 554

    #2
    If you are wanting a budget plug then run an NGK 3522.
    My sarcasm is a pre-emptive strike to your stupidity!!

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    • hucktyson
      Banned
      • May 2007
      • 1903

      #3
      Lol stock car I was thinking the same
      Thing lol did he really ask if he should get new heads for the plugs he has ?? Lol lol lol

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      • DirtRacer9x
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2014
        • 305

        #4
        I have some spark plugs I could sell you. Custom race application and fully built and dyno tuned. Ill sell them to you for half the price of a good set of heads. Won't find better dyno proven plugs.

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        • Brian Gray
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2012
          • 1102

          #5
          Autolite 411 will fit and work well. Please ignore the b.s . there is alot of it to overlook around here.
          Shocks by BGR army

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          • tn_dude05
            Member
            • Jun 2007
            • 70

            #6
            Thank you Brian.

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            • Spbulldog
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2014
              • 73

              #7
              Originally posted by Brian Gray View Post
              Autolite 411 will fit and work well. Please ignore the b.s . there is alot of it to overlook around here.
              If u wanna talk abt b.s. Let's get to it. Running a .040 piston does not make a355 makes it a 357 and with those heads running that displacement you aren't running 11.5-1 compression you're running 9.5-1 possibly 10-1 depending on head gasket thickness so there my friends is where the b.s. Began. And autolite plugs? I wouldn't bother pissing on autolite plugs as its a waste of time

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              • DirtRacer9x
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2014
                • 305

                #8
                Autolites work just fine. Want loss of power get a Bosch, e3, or more some other mass marketed junk. Auto lite or NGk work just fine.

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                • Spbulldog
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2014
                  • 73

                  #9
                  I'll agree Bosch and e3 are junk. But I've had entirely too many bad autolites bad straight out of the box. Both in street and race applications.Want a great race plug run a brisk or even an ac delco

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                  • DirtRacer9x
                    Senior Member
                    • Jul 2014
                    • 305

                    #10
                    On smaller engines we tested plugs and the autolites made the most power on single cylinder go kart motors. So if we saw a good change there on a little motor I don't know if it would translate differently to the v8s we run today with the ignition systems as well. I just know on a little motor they worked great and had better power than the NGK. My $.02

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                    • Spbulldog
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2014
                      • 73

                      #11
                      When they are bad outta the box or have a high failure rate which I have experienced both on too many occasions it's time to look a new direction. More power=nothing if it's not reliable

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                      • fastford
                        Senior Member
                        • Dec 2008
                        • 4059

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Spbulldog View Post
                        When they are bad outta the box or have a high failure rate which I have experienced both on too many occasions it's time to look a new direction. More power=nothing if it's not reliable
                        out of the zillion plugs autolite has made, you must have gotten all the bad ones, ive been running autolites 23s for 25yrs in chevys and fords and knock on wood, ive never got a bad one out of the box.

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                        • Spbulldog
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2014
                          • 73

                          #13
                          U do realize autolite was bought in 2011 and since then their quality has plummeted .if I got all the bad ones....well....u guys can thank me later for saving u from the problems

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                          • DirtRacer9x
                            Senior Member
                            • Jul 2014
                            • 305

                            #14
                            Who bought them out?

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                            • Spbulldog
                              Senior Member
                              • Oct 2014
                              • 73

                              #15
                              In 2011, Honeywell sold its automotive consumer products group to the Rank Group, which set up FRAM Group, LLC and several other companies to take over the operations and the transfer of ownership of the acquired trademarks

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