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Bosch is not equivalent, nor is it an exceptable substitute, for NGK. Honda uses them stock for a reason. Use NGK plugs.

 

what the hell is wrong with ngk, Bosch sucks. Hondas need NGK's or Denso's. No car needs bosch

 

I agree, bosch are pretty crappy.

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from my experience with the following motors, I can say Bosh plugs work really well

Chrysler 318 carburated, changed bosh plugs once every 70K regular plugs only lasted about 35K

Olds 307 Changed plugs at 111K to bosh platnum sold the car at 150K and still had the same bosh plugs in there and still was running smooth as silk

Ford 2.5L Change the plugs at 50K and they were still in there at 90K and engine was running fine

Ford 3.8L stock motor changed then at 120K and at 196K they were still in there when the engine blew a head gasket

Ford 3.8L supercharged when the car was totalled at 143K the plugs were still in there and the engine purred like a kitten at 100K I bought the car and added the supercharger)

To just blantently state something is crap without any examples, is just plain wrong.

I can only think of one motor where BOSH plugs will not work in correctly and that is the yamaha 3.0 / 3.2 Litre SHO motor due to the double fire ignition system

there are 3 coil packs and when you get a fire on the cylander that is on the combustion stroke you also get a fire on the corresponding piston that is on the exhaust stroke. (this helps with emissions) so what you have is the current flowing down one spark plug from annode to electrode and up another from electrode to annode. The only plugs that work correctly in that motor are the FORD stock ones that are double platnum. (more information at http://www.SHOtimes.com )

I currently have bost platnum in my little 2.3L accord SOHC motor and they are working as advertised. I cannot state if they will work until I have the car for a longer period of time as I just bought it and the first thing I did was to change all the filters and plugs.

 

all of your examples are with domestics. They may work fine in those cases,
but with hondas my experience with bosch has been less than positive

 

thanks guys, I'll keep that in mind.

 

A lot of time you will find a maufacturer using parts that they can get a deal on. Honda is no exception.

As long as they plugs are of the same quality, it should not matter

BOSH plugs hold up really well I just do street driving nothing special about my engine so I really do not know if they work well in modified setups

 

Well said...I could agree more

I have used Bosch platinums in my previous car (CRX Si) and I recently (~4 months) replaced my NGK Platinums (which had 60K+ miles on them) with Bosch Platinums+4 and I haven't noticed any real difference (performance, gas mileage, starting, etc.). I did notice that the car "felt" more responsive after switching to the Bosch's but this could be attributed to the age of the NGKs. So overall, I have been extremely pleased. Bosch platinum plugs get from me!!!

Here are three informative links about the Bosch Platinum plugs:

http://www.importreview.com/reviews/BoschVSNGK.html
http://www.importreview.com/reviews/densoVSbosch.html
http://www.se-r.net/engine/bosch_vs_ngk.html

 

I completely disagree. Ive seen time and time again the wrong plugs in Honda's holding back the mighty H. Manufactures do R & D and find out what works good. Does anyone own a Rover. Try removeing those POS Cham-pee-on plugs and put Bosch in their place. You'll have an even worse running Rover than before. But Cham-pee-ons are the worst plug you can get. Can you say lawnmower? But they make all the difference. Ive seen it a work over and over.

We do not need to try to improve on Hondas every move. Thats why they make them, instead of us.

 

UNless you have first hand had them mess up your car, its wrong to say sh*t like that. We're in 2004, and most manufacturers compy with the same ISO standards. Maybe Honda uses NGK stock, for the same reasons our cops use American cars. If you haven't had them go bad on you personally (on a car that runs right), then your misleading people by saying they suck. Same as lying. You guys need to grow up. If you don't have a substantiated opinion then don't give one. Just click on a different thread.


Modified by SdGSR01 at 8:05 PM 9/15/2004