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Old Apr 2, 2017 | 05:45 AM
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Just fitted up a set of (cooler) that is aston spec'd plugs
 
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Old Apr 2, 2017 | 05:51 AM
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How much fun was the left bank?
 
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Old Apr 2, 2017 | 05:58 AM
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Cylinder number 2 was a little tricky with the dipstick and #8 due to lack of space but overall it was pretty straight forward

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Old Apr 3, 2017 | 05:59 AM
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any actual results other than depletion of the bankaccount ?
 
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Old Apr 3, 2017 | 03:37 PM
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Parzival yet to drive it as I changed the plugs late on a Sunday night .

In terms of paying the outlandish Aston Martin plug price Cambo managed to order it with a Jaguar part number saving us half the amount .
 
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by steve_k_xk
Parzival yet to drive it as I changed the plugs late on a Sunday night .

In terms of paying the outlandish Aston Martin plug price Cambo managed to order it with a Jaguar part number saving us half the amount .
What is that part Jag number for those plugs? Is that the 4.2L, what year is your vehicle and model, thanks
 
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 05:22 AM
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Spark plug info here https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/j...-aj-v8-176996/
 
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Old Apr 8, 2017 | 05:52 AM
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any actual results other than depletion of the bankaccount ?
Finally managed a drive of the xk can definitely say the car is more responsive and smoother .
In terms of producing more HP I can say it feels a little stronger in the mid range but i doubt it's picked up any more horsepower at the top end
 
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Old Apr 8, 2017 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by steve_k_xk
Finally managed a drive of the xk can definitely say the car is more responsive and smoother .
In terms of producing more HP I can say it feels a little stronger in the mid range but i doubt it's picked up any more horsepower at the top end
How did the old plugs look?
 
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Old Apr 8, 2017 | 03:25 PM
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Slightly Brown to white
 
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Old Apr 8, 2017 | 06:55 PM
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Picture not too clear to make out but "looks" like it might be normal especially if the "white" is really tan. Your insulators are really clean too, the ones I pulled from the Super V8 at around 60K were well corona'd.

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Old Apr 8, 2017 | 08:11 PM
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Going off the pics we pretty much land in row 4
The Ok to lean/hot varieties
 
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