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NGK Iridiums BKR8EIX ***12k mile update on page 13***
Saintsteve:
--- Quote from: alexperkins on September 14, 2012, 02:43:22 pm ---I still think on Stage 2 these offer better performance. I had some serious issues with stock plugs on a stage 2 map.
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Weird as I have the same map/car setup and now find the opposite :signLOL:
Aaroncupra:
My mk2 Leon cupra seemed to run ok on the 8's on a stage 3 map (350 odd bhp) not had a look at them yet tho,
Probably gonna change back to the 7's for winter tho
56OctyVRS:
I think the 8s are fine if you do long drives and use the power a lot. I now only really do local commuting and the 8s are too cold for that. They carboned up very badly and made my engine run very harsh. Initially they were fine when new but after carboning up they werent. I switched back to the 7s and the car is running fine again. The 8s are an ideal track day plug when you want to use the power for longer but I think the 7s are more suited to road applications no matter what power level or turbocharger you have fitted.
Spoonie:
Sorry to resurrect and old topic but for me its quite current, so I thought I'd post my experiences.
I have 2007 Octavia vRS 2.0TFSI and the car currently has about 58k miles on the clock. I wanted to carry out some self maintenance and bought new coils and plugs from Awesome. The car had original Bosch plugs and coils and its been fitted with a stage 2 tune. My problem with the car has always been that every now and then the car has some trouble starting when its cold, so I figured that it must be the plugs. I've read quite a few topics about this and realized that cold starts is pretty a common issue for the TFSI engine. Therefore, changed the coil packs and the plugs and now it does it almost every single time. So, based on this I probably will be changing the plugs to either 7's or maybe even 6's. The problem is pretty much the same what gigolo456 had on the previous page.
sub39h:
My plugs were finally changed last month for some Nology ones during a service with Alex at AKS Tuning. In isolation I was very happy with the performance of the NGKs, but having had them changed I feel my car is more responsive now. I did have several things done so it is difficult to say exactly what the reason is, but Alex feels it may have been the plugs.
I don't withdraw my recommendation for them - they are half the price of OEM ones and last about as long. But they are not upgrades and should not be treated as such - at least not on an unmapped K03 car.
I would have liked to have done a similar review on the Nology plugs but sadly I don't drive my car regularly enough anymore to be able to make in depth observations.
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