HokemBokem Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 Make my car start rough and idle shitty? Give me rough/poor accelration? Bad gas mileage? Becasue lately Ive been having all these problems and almost everything has been changed and spark plugs and wires have not been one of them. Quote
HokemBokem Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Posted February 16, 2005 yes, yes and yes Thats what I thought. I bought new plugs a while ago but I posted them on here and everyone said they would fuck my shit up. What are the best plugs to get for our W's IIRC I used to hear people talking about AC Delcos or something? Also what wires are the best also? Quote
GP1138 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 Get the AC Delcos that are stock for your car. Nine times out of ten that'll help if you have aftermarket and your shit's fucked up. Quote
White93z34 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 ac delco plugs by far. i've never had any problems with them in my engines spark plug wires i'm not too specific about i had some factory replacement borg warners in at one point, never had any problems with them. but everyone says acdelcos are the best in that department. Quote
HokemBokem Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Posted February 16, 2005 Get the AC Delcos that are stock for your car. Nine times out of ten that'll help if you have aftermarket and your shit's fucked up. Well I dont have aftermarket plugs/wires on there. I have never changed the one I have now and dont know if any previous owner has. Recently My car has been getting terrible gas mileage/running really rough ect. and I need to find the solution. Oh and BTW how much is this all gonna cost me for the plugs and wires? Im already broke and dont really want to wip out the credit card again Quote
GP1138 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 Get the AC Delcos that are stock for your car. Nine times out of ten that'll help if you have aftermarket and your shit's fucked up. Well I dont have aftermarket plugs/wires on there. I have never changed the one I have now and dont know if any previous owner has. Recently My car has been getting terrible gas mileage/running really rough ect. and I need to find the solution. Oh and BTW how much is this all gonna cost me for the plugs and wires? Im already broke and dont really want to wip out the credit card again ?? The original owner? Didn't your engine just get rebuilt? I would think they'd change plugs at the very least... But maybe not... Quote
White93z34 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 i paid around $10 for a set of 6 delcos recently and i think wires for a 3800 should run no more then about $30 Quote
HokemBokem Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Posted February 16, 2005 Get the AC Delcos that are stock for your car. Nine times out of ten that'll help if you have aftermarket and your shit's fucked up. Well I dont have aftermarket plugs/wires on there. I have never changed the one I have now and dont know if any previous owner has. Recently My car has been getting terrible gas mileage/running really rough ect. and I need to find the solution. Oh and BTW how much is this all gonna cost me for the plugs and wires? Im already broke and dont really want to wip out the credit card again ?? The original owner? Didn't your engine just get rebuilt? I would think they'd change plugs at the very least... But maybe not... Thats what my dad asked also. I was looking over the reciept showing what all he did and spark plugs is not on there. And all of my add ons are the same also. Like power steering, alternator, ect. Quote
GP1138 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 I would not go to that shop again... they screwed up your gas fill vent line, and they don't seem to have helped your engine out much either... Quote
HokemBokem Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Posted February 16, 2005 I would not go to that shop again... they screwed up your gas fill vent line, and they don't seem to have helped your engine out much either... Yea really Quote
3.1LUMITIC Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 delco fould out on me i was running very very very rich though i pulled em out hit em with a wire brush and card cleaner havnt had a problem since Quote
White93z34 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 tehy rebuilt a engine, that has NOTHING to do with the vent line and for no reason would have touched it. your cars 10 years old now, shit can break. Quote
GP1138 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Posted February 16, 2005 tehy rebuilt a engine, that has NOTHING to do with the vent line and for no reason would have touched it. your cars 10 years old now, shit can break. No, he said earlier they replaced his fuel pump too. Quote
HokemBokem Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Posted February 16, 2005 tehy rebuilt a engine, that has NOTHING to do with the vent line and for no reason would have touched it. your cars 10 years old now, shit can break. No, he said earlier they replaced his fuel pump too. Yea a while back the replaced a fuel pump and fuel filter. Thats why I think that thats their fault. Quote
HokemBokem Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Posted February 16, 2005 Well I hope the new plugs/wires will fix my problem. I went to Auto Zone's website and found out its 5 bucks for Ac Delcos per plug and 35 bucks for AC Delco wires. That means this is going to be about 70 bucks :shock: Quote
joberlee Posted February 17, 2005 Report Posted February 17, 2005 $5 per plug, is that for platinums or something? Should be like $1.50 or less for original equipment plugs. The wires sound about right. Quote
White93z34 Posted February 17, 2005 Report Posted February 17, 2005 regular delco plugs should cost no more then about $1.50 a pop Quote
cryptnix Posted February 19, 2005 Report Posted February 19, 2005 i know this is old ... but w/e ... maybe not i've been having the same issue with my car and light hesitation (starting to make me worried ... head gaskets) anyway, how are the delco rapidfires for the 3100's and 3400's? is it good for lets say ... 50hp? but sense its a performance plug does it do any better then the bosch plati's? Quote
HokemBokem Posted February 19, 2005 Author Report Posted February 19, 2005 My dad says he doesent think its the spark plugs and he says it could be the fuel injectors so I put a bottle of Injector cleaner in the tank. I am going to pick up some Ac delco rapidfires tho once I get some more money. Quote
mewantsa87gnx Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 how about Bosch platinum plugs, no performance upgrade from those? Quote
avitlqc Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 I would avoid bosch plugs and stick to acdelco as ive had exelent luck with the delco's. Nothing bad against bosch I run nothing but p4's in my 89 mustand and 91 bronco and they are great but I didnt like the way they ran in my 90 GP TSTE. And the delco's are much cheaper about 1.50 a plug. Quote
White93z34 Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 its not that Bosch ignition components are bad, they aren't. they just don't work well with our engines. Quote
avitlqc Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 I agree but is there any besides the delco's that do work well with our engines. Quote
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