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NGK Iridiums BKR8EIX ***12k mile update on page 13***

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N8KOW:
Just read the whole thread, so many conflicting views  :confused: Still going to give them ago on mine  :driver:

Spoonie:

--- Quote from: Spoonie on September 12, 2013, 01:47:14 pm ---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.



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Further to my earlier post, I can confirm that plugs had nothing to do with the start issue. It was actually the battery. Idle is definitely a lot smoother when compared to OEM plugs but other than that it is very difficult to feel the difference. I might still get set a of 7's as I feel that the 8's are a tad too cold for my daily commute (i.e. won't reach optimal operating temperature) and might cause unnecessary carbon build up.

akbarirfan:
So for a Stage 1 GTi (250bhp) would heat rating 6 be best?

Thanks

rich83:

--- Quote from: akbarirfan on November 12, 2013, 01:36:31 pm ---So for a Stage 1 GTi (250bhp) would heat rating 6 be best?

Thanks

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Nology silver plugs... thats all you need!

akbarirfan:
Ah ok, just done a quick search but can't see where they can be purchased from..any ideas?

Thanks

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