Installed my spark plugs in under 2hours! Can You?

**28Marcos** · 07-18-2007, 07:37 PM

What is up fellow LS1'ers! lol, I'm just glad i am at home for once instead of with the gf hehe

, and also the fact that i finally got a chance to tune up my machine (car). So I changed my oil, cleaned the throttle body and put in a new set of NGK tr55 iridiums ($7 each at advance auto parts) and unfortunately when i was finished it was raining so i couldn't put the pedal to the metal but as I can tell-i see a great gain in throttle response. So i'm happy, all that took 2 hours which is great cause when i first got my car it took me half a saturday to change them for the first time 4 yrs ago!

btw i was previously running the platinum tr55's

**juiced99ws6** · 07-18-2007, 09:53 PM

good job. not to shabby on the install time man hope you get to tear up the street soon

**sgt0704** · 07-18-2007, 09:59 PM

that's childs play my friend. it took me about an hour and half on my first try.. it was ripping the wire off of the boot, and having to go buy new wires that took so long.

**ATCharming** · 07-18-2007, 10:06 PM

my car took me like 2 or 3 hours. i had to be under the car the WHOLE FUCKING TIME!!!!!!

i couldnt see 4 of them, and 3 of them, the ratchet didnt fit, so i had to turn them ONE CLICK AT A TIME!!

the drivers side of my engine bay is all open, and the passengers side is cluttered as hell. ironically, drivers side took like 2 hours, pass. side took 20 min, but that might have been cuz i got the hang of it

anyways, good work with the times! just thought id share, to make u feel better about ur car haha

**thecorrectformula** · 07-18-2007, 10:27 PM

I need to change mine. What's the easiest way to do it??

**sgt0704** · 07-18-2007, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by ATCharming

my car took me like 2 or 3 hours. i had to be under the car the WHOLE FUCKING TIME!!!!!!

i couldnt see 4 of them, and 3 of them, the ratchet didnt fit, so i had to turn them ONE CLICK AT A TIME!!

the drivers side of my engine bay is all open, and the passengers side is cluttered as hell. ironically, drivers side took like 2 hours, pass. side took 20 min, but that might have been cuz i got the hang of it

anyways, good work with the times! just thought id share, to make u feel better about ur car haha

are you fuckin serious? the passenger side sucks ass. that's where the ac and shit is.. that's a pain in the ass. the driver side was cake.. and with headers, it's even easier.

**SexyTransAm** · 07-18-2007, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by thecorrectformula

I need to change mine. What's the easiest way to do it??

take it to some place and have them do it. so worth the $$$. its what ill be doin next time!!!

**sgt0704** · 07-18-2007, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by SexyTransAm

take it to some place and have them do it. so worth the $$$. its what ill be doin next time!!!

are you fucking kidding me?? yeah, pay the 500bucks to have another shop do it....

do it yourself, and learn something.

**thecorrectformula** · 07-18-2007, 11:02 PM

Taking it to a shop is out of the question. I do my own work on my car unless I absolutely have to have it done by a shop. I don't trust many with my car. I know how to change spark plugs, just wondering what the quickest way is to do it.

**Rhinohuey** · 07-18-2007, 11:56 PM

I haven't done it on this car yet...seeing it, I'm not looking forward to it. I could do all 8 plugs in 20 minutes on the dot when I had my Chevelle.

**DanWS6** · 07-19-2007, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by sgt0704

are you fucking kidding me?? yeah, pay the 500bucks to have another shop do it....

do it yourself, and learn something.

That's pretty silly of you to pay $500 for a spark plug change.

The only real pain in the ass I've found is the #8 one. Damn headers get in the way if you've got a big hand.

**SexOnWheels** · 07-19-2007, 06:00 AM

Now two hours in an LT1 f-body with stock manifolds and that would be impressive.

In a LS1 not so much...

But I am glad you did it yourself rather than pay someone to do it.

**Chaos** · 07-19-2007, 08:13 AM

I can and have several times changed mine in under 40 minutes, not even rushing it....not a big deal

**Marc 85Z28** · 07-19-2007, 10:23 AM

2 hours? Do you have stock manifolds? I've done mine in under 45 minutes, but having long tubes and a couple select coil pack bolts MIA helps things...

**86 IROC-Z** · 07-19-2007, 10:36 AM

I don't know about installing, but I Uninstalled mine in about 3 seconds... fired her up and revved it past the redline, they blew right out the block.

**Rhinohuey** · 07-19-2007, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

I don't know about installing, but I Uninstalled mine in about 3 seconds... fired her up and revved it past the redline, they blew right out the block.

nice! My dad removed 3 of the 4 in his Honda just like that.

**Marc 85Z28** · 07-19-2007, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

don't know about installing, but I Uninstalled mine in about 3 seconds... fired her up and revved it past the redline, they blew right out the block

Block mounted spark plugs...

**86 IROC-Z** · 07-19-2007, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Marc 85Z28

Block mounted spark plugs...

Yep. You'd be surprised to know how shitty thirdgens actually are...

j/k

**SexyTransAm** · 07-19-2007, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by sgt0704

are you fucking kidding me?? yeah, pay the 500bucks to have another shop do it....

do it yourself, and learn something.

ok if u payed 500 bucks for a plug change im sorry but ur a retard. the shops round here i called right after i did mine an they said like 70. and when i did mine my self i did learn something I NEVER WANNA DO IT ON THAT CAR AGAIN!