ViperMike vs. Spark Plug Wires

[MIKES3]

Yes, that is right folks. He broke one.

VipeMike 0

Plug WIres 1

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[Handsome Jesus]

thank god for those aftermarket wires eh panda?

 

[Mook]

hey mike, also post up a pic of your spark plug. i wanna see what others thing about the oil on it

 

[MIKES3]

It didnt look like oil. It looks like Anti-seize on the threads and his car is running rather lean just by looking at the white in color on the tip

 

[PANDA]

Aftermarket wires FTL

 

[Mook]

mmm, yea. i agree with you now. after looking at the pic again and actually staring at it, the tip does look like a lean condition is happening

and that also doesnt look like oil as youve said. just looks like gunk

 

[PANDA]

Front 3 spark plugs/wires completed at a cost of 2 wires and 2 scratches to hand.

 

[Mook]

the front 3 are cake...and after you do the rear the first time, those are pretty much cake as well

 

[MIKES3]

I get to do the rears plugs :eek3dance:

 

[syP]

spark plugs on a grand prix are So easy.

 

[FFPerformance]

It didnt look like oil. It looks like Anti-seize on the threads and his car is running rather lean just by looking at the white in color on the tip

That doesn't look too bad actually. Ideally you want a 'toasty' color that is a bit like cinnamon(sp?). Darker, and it's running rich or has oil leaking, and lighter (white) it is running too lean...

$.02

 

[PANDA]

Plugs completed with the help of MIKES3 (the tuff guy)

We actually broke one of the plugs while taking it out, lucky we got the other end out!

Thanks again Mike

 

[IDAFC21]

hmm. i havent looked at my plugs in awhile. perhaps i should do that

oh. and no spark plug wires ftw!

 

[Mook]

how the hell did u break one??

 

[MIKES3]

how the hell did u break one??

Holy shit that was a tricky one to do. I'm glad the first plug was the hardest. I don't think those plugs had anti-seize on them. That fucker would not come out. I wanted to be careful in case one decided to crack. Well, one did. I honestly didn't think the other end was going to come out. I had a hard time finding the plugs at first because there is so much more crap under the GEN III hoods. In the back near my fire wall there's not all that much there so it's a hell of a lot easier to get back there.

The middle plug was a breeze. No problems with that one. Once i got to the plug that site behind the O2 sensor I was friggin hungry and had a slight headache for some reason. I tried a couple different ideas so I wouldn't fuck with the O2 sensor. I wound have to directly connect the spark plug socket into the ratchet.

I went home and ate dinner. For some reason I had one hell of a headache by the time I got home and it didn't go away until I woke up this morning. Kinda sucked

 

[PANDA]

Im sorry my car gave you a headache mike...

 

[MIKES3]

Im sorry my car gave you a headache mike...

I dont blame your car hoss. It's going to be ok man

 

[Bru]

Oh yeah, the back three are a bitch. You can't actually see the plugs and it's all done by feel.

 

[bigsammoe]

spark plugs on a grand prix are So easy.

agreed!