Yet another mixed engine of Denso/NGK's.

Casper

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Swapped out all the plugs today for newer and upgraded NGK Iridium IX's. I couldnt believe it though, 6 Denso's and 2 NGK's. Again the spark plug gremlin has put in funky funky plug concentrations.

Well its hard to know if its the change of the plugs just away from Denso's to all of something but there is a significant improvment in drivability of the rig especially in off idle power application smoothness and mid (starting at 2200rpm) to rev limit power being either WOT or part throttle.

The best is the throttle response at all throttle applications and speeds.

Who knows if its just the swap away from the denso's or the the upgraded NGK's but something has made a very noticeable change in the engine.

Now...to tackle those direct ignition coils and some ECU tuning.
 
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I did a 30K service at a local Toyota dealership a couple of weeks ago and the service guy told me that I needed my spark plugs replaced. So I told him that I wanted to upgrade my spark plugs to platinum because they are supposed to last 100K miles and then he told me that the 4Runner can't handle platinum plugs. He implied that wrong plugs would be bad for the engine and so he could only put in 3 Denso and 3 NGK plugs, which would last ~30K miles. Anybody know what the real deal is?
 
SRunner5 said:
I did a 30K service at a local Toyota dealership a couple of weeks ago and the service guy told me that I needed my spark plugs replaced. So I told him that I wanted to upgrade my spark plugs to platinum because they are supposed to last 100K miles and then he told me that the 4Runner can't handle platinum plugs. He implied that wrong plugs would be bad for the engine and so he could only put in 3 Denso and 3 NGK plugs, which would last ~30K miles. Anybody know what the real deal is?

Thats the truth, either denso or ngk doesnt matter. But DO NOT USE PLATINUM!
 
Casper said:
5 Denso's and 2 NGK's. Again the spark plug gremlin has put in funky funky plug concentrations.

Do you have that new 7 cylinder engine?:yesyes:

Koz
 
KOZ

LOL, i was just thinking that. Just wondering what sort of NGK's did you buy, and why did you put in some, and not all?
 
Re: Re: Yet another mixed engine of Denso/NGK's.

Koz said:
Do you have that new 7 cylinder engine?:yesyes:

Koz

Just noticed that too but I figured somebody would beat me to the comment :D
 
Re: Re: Yet another mixed engine of Denso/NGK's.

Koz said:
Do you have that new 7 cylinder engine?:yesyes:

Koz

lol I should have held off the V6 and gotten the V7 instead. Or is it an inline 7?! Complete with 7 lug wheels. Sorry, I'll shut up now. :arrow:
 
HA....yup, thats one of the options that you guys dont know about...actually its a straight 7. Looks like the gremlins arent only in the spark plugs but also inbetween my ears.


it should be 6 denso's and 2 ngk's. *edited*
 
chunderboy said:
so, why 6 and 2 and not all of them

From a previous post it appears that Toyota has a contract with both suppliers and this is how they distribute them (evenly?).
 
I replaced all the plugs... i was just stating that 6 of the original Factory installed plugs were denso's and only 2 were NGK's.


BKR6EIX-11 is the actual NGK part number for the plugs used in the 2UZ engine.
 
technically, there is no reason that the proper platinum or iridium plug couldn't be used for the v-6. My concern would be that given a warranty situation, toyota might make an issue if they found a non-spec plug in the engine especially emission-related since the vehicle was certified using the specified plugs.
 
True, but who in their right mind gets their rig serviced at their stealership. And if there is an issue, keep the old ones and drop em' in if a warranty issue arose

I am just wondering if there really is a performance gain b/c of them
 
while im no expert...the use of direct ignition for the first time for power and efficiency is probably why they mandate the use of iridium plugs and not plat.
 
Casper said:
I replaced all the plugs... i was just stating that 6 of the original Factory installed plugs were denso's and only 2 were NGK's.


BKR6EIX-11 is the actual NGK part number for the plugs used in the 2UZ engine.

Here is a list of plugs I got from the NGK web site for the 2005 4Runner V8 SE:

Cars, Trucks & SUVs
2005 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SPORT 4.7 V8 2UZ-FE FI
Spark Plug Part No. Stock No. Plug Gap
Standard BKR6ES-11 5553 .044
V-Power BKR6E-11 2756 .044
G-Power Platinum BKR6EGP 7092 .044
OE Laser Iridium IFR6T11 ^ 4589 .044
Iridium IX BKR6EIX-11 3764 .044

I wonder what the differences are in the iridiums?

The link is:
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/apps/car_truck_suv/default.asp?nav=60000&country=
 
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