New Plugs & Wires ?

[BB]

Hi All!
My PT GT is about to hit 60K miles. I thought I'd replace the plugs and wires myself.

Motor is straight stock. I live in S Texas where it's pretty hot 8 months out of the year. My driving is about 60% highway & 40% street. I run full synthetic Penzoil, if that matters.

Based on the above, what would you all recommend for replacement plugs and wires?
Thanks for any and all suggestions!!
BB

[SteelBlueGT]

Minimum plug wires from MOPAR high performance and new copper champions. I loved my NGK Iridiums with stock gap. Ran 35,000 with no maintenance and then I sold my 03GT. I found NGK and MOPAR wires gave me very smooth performance and a little quicker acceleration but no better gas mileage.

[wait4me6920]

quote:Originally posted by SteelBlueGT

Minimum plug wires from MOPAR high performance and new copper champions. I loved my NGK Iridiums with stock gap. Ran 35,000 with no maintenance and then I sold my 03GT. I found NGK and MOPAR wires gave me very smooth performance and a little quicker acceleration but no better gas mileage.

I also went with NKG iridium plugs, gapped at about .030 - most recommendations I've run across recommend .028 - .032, so I split the difference...

Amen on better wires! I'm sure the MOPAR high performance wires are vastly superior to original equipment & should do the trick. I opted for Magnecore when I installed my iridium plugs & have been well satisfied over the 10k or so since installation...

Not a performance move, but should help keep the old scoot running its best ...

[quicksilverdon]

I think the best deal for wires are Crane from www.RaceAndStreet.Com
The Cranes have only 25 ohms per foot!
We all agree the stock wires are crap.
Plugs - either copper or irridium - your call, just don't put platinum in your turbo, not recommended.

[BB]

Thanks to all for the info!!

Curious: Why are the platinums not recommended for the turbo?
Thanks!
Bill

[wait4me6920]

quote:Originally posted by BB

Thanks to all for the info!!

Curious: Why are the platinums not recommended for the turbo?
Thanks!
Bill

Most of the gearheads say that a turbo runs too hot for platinum plugs & eventually the tips will do a meltdown. Then again, others say they've run platinum with no problems. The counter by the first group is that if you lean into the throttle regularly, you could run into trouble & you're safest running the standard copper plugs or stepping up to iridium...