what are best plugs to use??????????
 

496 bbc with dart iron heads what are best plugs to use?

I run NGK racing plug #8 on my 496BBC W/cast iron merlin heads gapped at .032

Cp

I have used NGK and Autolites and both have never failed for me, but I prefer the Autolites.

Champions here

thanks for the replies i went ahead and got some autolites

I like NGK plugs.

Autolites here 2

I used NGK & converted to same heat range to Bosch Platnum. Works great!!

NGK's are easier to read.

Autolite made in the USA

Good point, my next set are going to be autolights.
Cp

I did a test a few years back autolites, ngk's, accel, champions

On my 548/alky carb the ngk's were flat SLOW compared to the others.

Check this out, I got a set of brodix track 1s on my junk. They reccomend NGKs, so thats what I ran. then one day i decided to try a different plug, so i gets a set of autolites, supposed to be a direct replacement. I can screw the NGKs in by hand all the way to the gasket, the autolites would only screw in about two turns and stop, in every hole. The thread size, looks identical, but AINT. I'm not cross threading or anything else, they just won't screw in, and I aint going to push the issue. sure as the world if I do i'll strip those heads.

I don't care who you are... thats not a good story. Bad threads going into aluminum is like 3 peckered billy goat ina one-legged butt kickin' fight... somethin' bad is gonna happen.