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quick question regarding spark plugs and spark plug wires

Old 10-11-2007, 10:27 AM
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quick question regarding spark plugs and spark plug wires

my engine has been flooded 4 times, 2 from me and 2 from mechanics...anyways, i need to replace my spark plug, but i'm looking on racingbeat.com and they have spark plug wires, do i need to replace these? and what exactly do they do?

also, is there any certain brand you recommend for spark plugs?


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i believe it was decided that the stock NGK plugs work the best ... i recently replaced my plugs and wires... i ordered the racing beat wires but they were back ordered. i ended up just going to the parts store and buying an accell 8mm universal plug wire kit for a V8 and made my own wires. i do not know if anyone has doen this but it worked well for me and i have had no issues.

if you are only replacing your plugs due to flooding ... then i would assume that you do not need to change out the wires though
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get the OEM spark plugs from www.onlinemazdaparts.com

You don't HAVE to replace the spark plug wires but it's not a bad idea since you're already working on spark plugs. I went with the RB wires.
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magnecor wires are cheaper and beefier.
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search around, you can get stock plugs for about 20 bux, I think I got mine for 20 bux each x 4 = 80 shipped (free shipping)

you might want to check your coils before you replace your wires.
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I couldn't find the plugs on onlineparts.com but I know they used to carry them.

Hopefully Bagman can shed some light on that one. If not, I know that www.dpeweb.com carries them.
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If your plugs are RE9(trailing) and RE7(leading) the part numbers are RE9= 000018N3Y1 and RE7= 000018N3Y8. Search again, http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...?siteid=214264

NB. also search on www.sparkplugs.com

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