In preparation for next weekends project I picked up the following items today. 4x Denso Iridium spark plugs, Fel-Pro valve cover gasket, gasket maker, and blue Dupli-Color engine enamel. Next weekends project is going to be to replace the valve cover gasket and paint the valve cover.
There were quite a few options when it came to gasket maker when I was at the auto parts store; blue, black, grey (possibly a few others). I settled on the grey because of a blurb written on the back of the packaging, "Engines with closely spaced bolt patterns (typically foreign) exert higher torque loads on gaskets..."
You may be wondering why I went with the Deso Iridium plugs versus a standard spark plug. The element used, Iridium (Ir), has advantages over high performance platinum plugs. "6 times harder, 8 times stronger, and has a melting point 1200 degrees higher than platinum" (
http://www.densoiridium.com/faq.php). Denso also uses a U-groove technology which produces a more concentrated and hotter flash. Read more about their technology on the above site. Also, have a look at their racing involvement here (
http://www.densomotorsports.jp/) and here (
http://www.densoaftermarket.com/). Not to mention the Denso Supra that races Super GT, is beyond amazing.
There were quite a few options when it came to gasket maker when I was at the auto parts store; blue, black, grey (possibly a few others). I settled on the grey because of a blurb written on the back of the packaging, "Engines with closely spaced bolt patterns (typically foreign) exert higher torque loads on gaskets..."
You may be wondering why I went with the Deso Iridium plugs versus a standard spark plug. The element used, Iridium (Ir), has advantages over high performance platinum plugs. "6 times harder, 8 times stronger, and has a melting point 1200 degrees higher than platinum" (http://www.densoiridium.com/faq.php). Denso also uses a U-groove technology which produces a more concentrated and hotter flash. Read more about their technology on the above site. Also, have a look at their racing involvement here (http://www.densomotorsports.jp/) and here (http://www.densoaftermarket.com/). Not to mention the Denso Supra that races Super GT, is beyond amazing.
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