Which spark plugs with Hooker 2055's?
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Car: 92 Z28
Engine: 357 TPI (L98)
Transmission: 700R4
Which spark plugs with Hooker 2055's?
I'm sure this has been asked before but it's difficult to find the answers.
I'm getting the Hooker 2055 shorties but I've heard that it they require different plugs. I'm putting them on my L98, stock heads. I'm not into modifying plugs like some have, just need to know what fits and won't hurt performance.
Also, how difficult is it to get the plugs out? Typically I use a 5/8 deep socket and a 1/2 inch drive alone - what will I need to use to get them out after the header swap? Thanks guys.
I'm getting the Hooker 2055 shorties but I've heard that it they require different plugs. I'm putting them on my L98, stock heads. I'm not into modifying plugs like some have, just need to know what fits and won't hurt performance.
Also, how difficult is it to get the plugs out? Typically I use a 5/8 deep socket and a 1/2 inch drive alone - what will I need to use to get them out after the header swap? Thanks guys.
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No, I mean the clearance between the plug hole and the primaries is much less, I've heard; so much that regular AC's or such can't be installed like before.
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Come on, I know there's more than a few of you who have 2055's - what do you use? Thanks.
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Ok well i work at pepboys and the shortest plugs are the bosch resisters for out car for .99 cents. the auto lights are almost a half inch longer. i am runnin the bosch and they are great
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Excellent. Do you use a simple wrench to get them in and out or can you use a socket?
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I used the regular AC Delco plugs with my 2055's, but I put them in when the engine was out with the headers already on. It would have been impossible to get two of them on at all. I could not see how a box end wrench would put enough force on them and the socket was too long to get on these two plugs.
I think someone else mentioned this before, but here's what I did. I found an old plug socket, I wasn't going to cut up my brand new craftsman socket, and I shortened it. I measured the minimum that I would need to get on the plug. After I cut it down with a hacksaw, it was only about three inches long. Then I took a drill and drilled out the square 3/8 inch drive hole completely through and made it large enough for the contact on the plug to pass through. So you can't use a wratchet on it, but a boxed end wrench will work because plug sockets have the pattern on the outside. It gave me enough clearance to get the socket between the header pipe and on the plug with no problem. This worked great and hopefully will make plug changes a little bit easier with the engine actually in the car.
I think someone else mentioned this before, but here's what I did. I found an old plug socket, I wasn't going to cut up my brand new craftsman socket, and I shortened it. I measured the minimum that I would need to get on the plug. After I cut it down with a hacksaw, it was only about three inches long. Then I took a drill and drilled out the square 3/8 inch drive hole completely through and made it large enough for the contact on the plug to pass through. So you can't use a wratchet on it, but a boxed end wrench will work because plug sockets have the pattern on the outside. It gave me enough clearance to get the socket between the header pipe and on the plug with no problem. This worked great and hopefully will make plug changes a little bit easier with the engine actually in the car.
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