Hi,
What are the best spark plugs for a 1969 Toronado?
Any opinions or comments please.
Regards. Neil RG Fudge
Spark Plugs
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hbarbee
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- Years Owned: 1969
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Re: Spark Plugs
My opinion based on experiences buying exotic plugs is that anything more than stock replacements are a waste of money that could better be spent on cold beer. Therefore I just go to NAPA and they look it up in their book and I take what they give me.
HBARBEE 1969
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waterzap
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- Years Owned: - 1967 Toronado
- 1978 Eldorado
Re: Spark Plugs
Just regular copper. Delco, Autolite, Champion, NGK, they will all work just fine
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Graniteman
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- Years Owned: Owned a '69 back in about '77, this cat was a legend in the Nebraska panhandle, it was very fast even for it's size. It would absoloutly fog the front tires from a standing start; I don't mean spin them, I mean just boil 'em from a standing start for at least 100' (measured)! I know what you're thinking, they weren't old rag tires they were modern Yokohoma radials. I'm sure this car would have ran 150mph too because many times I had the cruise set on 135 with 1/2 the gas pedal left. BTW this was in the middle of nowhere Wyoming.
I'm finally about to start work on my '66 that I've owned for 10 years. I plan to make sure my '66 425 runs just as strong as my '69 455 did. I hope to be doing some write-ups for the Driver as I go through the '66. I'll be updating it with disc brakes, electric fans (gasp), good stereo system, battery in the trunk etc., etc. as time and money allows.
I also may be building some new wheels with the correct offset, etc. - Location: Hastings, Nebraska
Re: Spark Plugs
waterzap wrote:Just regular copper. Delco, Autolite, Champion, NGK, they will all work just fine
Autolite always.................I use Champions in my lawnmowers.....................if I have to!
My opinion* is they are junk
*it's a 40 year experience opinion, for what that's worth
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Re: Spark Plugs
I was a big fan of Autolite...until they sent production to China. Now they can K my A.
NGK seems a reasonable plug. They're making stuff that shows up in AC-Delco boxes.
Champion had the most brittle porcelain in the industry thirty years ago when I swore I'd never buy another one. Soft, fast-wearing electrodes, too. Total junk.
NGK seems a reasonable plug. They're making stuff that shows up in AC-Delco boxes.
Champion had the most brittle porcelain in the industry thirty years ago when I swore I'd never buy another one. Soft, fast-wearing electrodes, too. Total junk.
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silverflash
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Re: Spark Plugs
Along the same line what is the best way to remove plugs that have rust on the exposed threads? My gf inherited a 66 and the exposed threads are rusted. Am thinking pb blaster soaking for a fee days? They look like they have been there forever. Perhaps leave it till there is a problem? Just thinking about being proactive here.
Re: Spark Plugs
silverflash wrote:Along the same line what is the best way to remove plugs that have rust on the exposed threads? My gf inherited a 66 and the exposed threads are rusted. Am thinking pb blaster soaking for a fee days? They look like they have been there forever. Perhaps leave it till there is a problem? Just thinking about being proactive here.
There can be NO exposed threads if the correct plugs were installed previously. If the correct plugs were not installed, it would be more likely that the plug would extend too far into the combustion chamber than exposed threads would be visible.
The plugs are sealed with either a gasket or a taper, either way the sealing surface will completely gas-tight. Spraying penetrating oil will do absolutely no good whatsoever--the oil cannot possibly get to the threads, because of the gas-tight seal.
Short story: if there's any foreign matter around the spark plugs, blow it away with compressed air. Put a socket on those plugs and spin 'em out. This isn't a Ford Modular engine that has the design defect where the plugs and cylinder heads are routinely ruined.
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