i just wanted to know if anybody know anything about the e3 spark plugs. i went to pep boys yesterday to buy some NGK but they didn't have it. i just put them today in my car (the e3) and test it. the car feels different, quicker respond and i just wanted to know if anybody have problems with this brand. thanks

 

bump 'cause i need to know

 

Not familiar with that brand. I know the parts joints don't cary the plugs for my RSX-S, so I ordered the correct NGKs from sparkplugs.com. They are original equipment. I hate to experiment on my dollar.

 

Someone reply please....I need new plugs for my ride and if these e3 plugs that you are talking about are any better then NGK iridium plugs then i will go buy them instead...

Where did you get them from?

 

i got them from pep boys they said that they don't carry the ngk for my car no more and those e3 just came out. you can check them in the web site. i believe is http://www.e3sparkplugs.com. i already have them in my car and they working pretty good. hopefully somebody else reply about this sparkplugs and let us know.

 

I know in my Type S it comes with NGK Lazer Iridiums. I put in Bosch Platnum +4s and they were ok but they are peices of crap compaired to the NGK. As soon as I took out the Boschs and put in the NGK plugs there was a noticeable difference, v-tec hit harder, my gas mileage went up and the motor just ran better in all areas. When it comes to import motors NGK is the authority.

I ordered mine from carquest for about 12 bucks a plug which is average give or take a dollar. All the car parts place like NAPA and O'riley's should carry them. Autozone and Advance are horrible except for carwash stuff.

I know these people carry them:
kingmotosports.com
clubrsx.com
summitracing.com

 

Damn. I'm really interested in these plugs now but i can't find them anywhere in Canada for the life of me.

question:
1. How many miles were on your old plugs befor you changed them?
2. What kind of car do you have?

 

if you talking to me i changed mine with 7,000 miles and i got a '06 type s. i bought this car used with 4,000 miles and i don't know how the other guy drove the car. just to be safe.


Modified by Prieto_69 at 9:34 AM 9/8/2006

 

placebo effect (or is it affect...i never can remember)

 

bump. need to know.

 

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Hardly a placebo.

My RSX S is a DD with a trip to the Auto X course. I have a cold air intake installed. After saving up, in the mail I have a full Skunk2 Pro series valve train with the stage 2 camshafts along with a k-pro, a Toda racing exhaust manifold and Greddy Evo 2 exhaust with other goodies.

When I put in the Bosch I didn't notice a difference but I did notice a change in about 20 miles to a tank of gas loss. When I put the NGKs back in I noticed increase throttle responce, better mileage and v-tec hit noticeabley alot harder.

Yes you could say it doesn't matter what you run as long as they are name brand, if they are going in grandma's weekend ride to the grocery store.

The k20a2 runs 11/1 compression of pump gas. This requires a little more juice and quality parts. Im not saying the other stuff is crap but NGK designed there plugs around import motors. If you drove a Chevy you would want to put in something like Champion or Autolite. In my outboard motor, even Mercury racing says that you can run NGK, but for optimum performance run Champion. Even Acura says run NGK!

I have also seen a 4-5 hp gain on a dyno just from swapping out Bosch to NGK in an H22.

Good plugs mean better emmisions, better mileage, better ignition and better combustion.

It all depends on what you feel comfortable with putting in your motor, but remember, you get what you pay for and if you put crap in, you get crap out.

 

As far as e3 spark plugs I hve never heard of them. Who makes them?

 

http://www.e3sparkplugs.com/ makes them...
I am from Canada and this company is also from Canada, looks like they were designing something that is better for the environment by cleaner combustion which leads to better power from your motor...

Ironically and very irritatingly I cannot buy these fukin plugs anywhere up here....i have sent a rant to them asking wher to buy them though.

 

There really isn't any way to tell if the plugs are worth a rip unless you have a dyno day with a couple sets of plugs and some free time. Or if you have a weekend to tear down your motor and check the pistons, cylinder walls, rings, ring gaps, valves and combustion chamber and look for carbon build up or detonation. And even then you had no base line.

If I were you I wouldn't sweat it. If it fires, doesn't skip or detonate you're sittin right. Now if you plan to do any racing at all, you need to invest in some NGKs.

Did you try:
clubrsx.com
kingmotorsports.com
summitracing.com
passwordjdm.com

These are a few people that sell them, as far as delivering to Canada, dunno.
Try google.

 

yeah, I'm running NGK platinum plugs in my EP and it's way better. I'm kinda touchy about my car, so I'd stick with the ones that you trust.

 

 

i bo9ught those e3 plugs from auto zone down here in north carolina. I had them in my h22 swaped eg. they were in there for about 4 or 5 months, I noticed some sudden hesitation like the car was boggin down whole driving, then it would pick back up. I still dont know if I fixed the problem, but since i took out those brand new plugs and put my ngk's back in I ahvent had that problem since. I checked my tps sensor today any that is good, and the distributor is only a year old, so it shouldn"t be that, no vacume leaks, clean fuel and injectors, so it was the last thing that i could think of. On the other hand I watched them on horsepower tv in a small block chevy pull 5 or 6 hp gains just by swapping in the e3 plugs. I think the ones that they base lined on were bosh +2 or something. I personally didn't feel any change for the better in performance or fuel economy, so my verdict is domestic yes import no. I hope this helps you in you cause.

 

I would stick with NGK or Denso... when it comes to plugs you can't really get better then those 2... certainly NGK!

 

Some of the posts in this thread are a total joke.

I've posted about spark plugs so many times that I don't even have the motivation to create a new reply to this thread. Instead, I'll just copy an old one:

 

Well said Targa!!!

 

Who's the foo that bumped a 2+ year old thread??

 

Haha, I didn't notice at first and too bad there's another thread from 2003 lol. That just means people are actually searching before they post I guess.

 

I don't know... I stick with what I know works, NGK. And if I'm looking for power gains I'm not worried about miracle tip spark plug for that, I go for cams or a power adder like turbo/supercharger.