holymoly

They are on sale at Canadian Tire this week.

Advertised as produces more hp and uses less fuel.

Anyone heard of this?

http://www.e3sparkplugs.com/

FallenOne

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More Power and Fuel Economy Never go together.

Hell maybe im wrong.

Try them than when you reinstall your old NGK's let us know

Kevlo911

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Unless they are cheaper then the NGK's then don't worry bout it.

ajm8127

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I would use the NGK platinum plugs. They may be a little more expensive, but if you use them, I doubt if you will ever have a problem with them. And the engine was designed with the NGKs in mind (that's thousands of man-hours of engineering).

Trini Boom

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NGK Iridiums FTW. +1 to ajm8127's statement and never heard of the E3 brand. Maybe you can try putting nitrogen in your tires to give you better fuel economy than you have right now...thought the 4th gen was the best VQ design to give the best fuel mileage of the other VQ's

As the HP's increase, fuel economy decreases...

perkman87

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Garbage.

Snypa

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Leo_Koneval

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Yeah its one of those "gimmicks" like that nitrogen in tires example used above. I mean if your spark plugs are bad as in not sparking effectively or not sparking at all then replacing it with pretty much any spark plugs will improve something.

I don't really get how you can get more HP and mileage from a spark plug, a spark is a spark. Unless the E3 plugs are made of some magical metal that causes a chemical reaction that causes the air/fuel to burn better and more effectively.

dkillahster

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my friend tried those in his silverado, and the ground electrode on 4 of them melted into the combustion chamber.

eh, who knows. buy them, and see if they mess up on you. then when you go back to the NGK's we will be more than happy to invite you back to the family of NGK's

ChrisMan287

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NGK's > all.

Don't waste your money on that E3 crap.

clickclock987

yup, that is not worth your money

ajm8127

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I think that claim is made relative to the power and fuel economy of old, worn out spark plugs that are dirty and have improper gaps. They want you to believe that giving the spark multiple paths to discharge makes it more powerful by letting it find the path of least resistance. While this may be true in an absolute sense, the power of a spark following one path and the power of another spark following a different path is probably negligible from the engine's perspective.

cashoit

honestly, every spark plug manufacturer makes the same claims. Check out the NGK website, they have the same advertisements. Better power, better fuel economy, blah blah

myblzurchn

I agree stick with the NGK's, my brother tried the e3 in his mark 8 and it seems to have hurt the performance and driveability.

98nismomax

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the e3 are junk!! Don't waste your money and time on those. I recommend you use NGK platinum plugs.

DennisMik

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Sorry to buck the trend here but I say get them. I put E3 is over a year ago and they are doing just fine. I became aware of them when I watched an episode of Horsepower TV where they used a Chevy engine on a dyno with e3 and another brand of plug. The dyno showed 8 (I think) more HP and showed lower fuel consumption. I decided to take a chance and put the E3s in. It did seem to me that it climbed the rpm's faster.

4 or 5 years ago when E3 was new, they did have a problem with the electrodes eating themselves away, but that has long been corrected.

maxed_out_99

dont always beileve everything you see on tv i saw that episode too and in the burger king commercial the burger looked delecious. im glad you gad good luck with them but i really doubt they increased the performance of anything. i think the idea looked real good on paper just like all american engineering ideas.

shiloh51933

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I like 2 always go w/Nissan's recommendations, I like the NGK iridiums or platinum, the bosch +4 platinum's are pretty good(meaning I've never had problems w/them). I can't see gaining any power from a spark plug though, you might regain response that was lost due 2 fouled up or wrong plug but HP gains, I don't think so.

TravisCadello

their actually really good spark plugs i ran them in my Honda Civic when sprayin. their in all kinds of magazines and have become big. when i bought mine i paid 9 bux a plug but they worked better then any other plugs i ran and lasted.

holymoly

Best to stay with the manufactured engineered products. Only I use NGK copper plugs and change every two years. Can I gain anything with higher priced Iridiums or Platinums?

Discussions here say I am fine with the copper plugs as long as I change regularly.

NABU6

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Coppers are fine, but I go with the platinum to avoid changing them as frequently. Mess around and strip the threads, and it will cost you more to fix (in time and money) than the plugs themselves.

rhonster

anyone have experience with the NGK BKR5E-11 in our 4th Gen Max?

max ride 41

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just like the splitfires, total crap

Nealoc187

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that's the most common plug used on this board...

SteveB123

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Maybe.
OR...like most things, they were the low bid that met the specification.

"The engine was designed with NGK in mind?" You believe they built the engine around a sparkplug?

CMax03

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yeah, I saw that episode as well.....I'll try them in my VG30 3rd Gen....I'm curious about them as well and I welling to try in my 3rd Gen cause it will be easier to remove if they don't live up to all the hype!

Bobo

I use the OEM laser platinum plugs PFR5G-11. My car is a low-mileage vehicle and the original set of plugs could have lasted longer but were replaced in March 2007, with 67,000 miles on them, and 12-1/2 years after I bought the car.

No coppers for me.

And anyone who says that Bosch plugs are just fine are deluding themselves.

jameskenney

i have them in my 95 didnt see much change in my fuel consumption but i did notice quicker throttle response

beegeezy

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IDK why there has to be 4.3 million threads about spark plugs? It shouldn't be a hard concept to grasp. New/clean spark plugs > old/dirty plugs, NGK > other plugs (but by how much is left to speculation). Just gap, install, and forget for a few years...

FallenOne

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My .02 cents..

The plugs that Nissan put into your car.. are NGK's...

Your Car has Ignition Coils that ramp the voltage up to some ridiculous voltage in order for a hotter spark... Mind you if you have subs.. Your Fawked. Hence the worse fuel economy (and no a cap wont fix it, or anything for that matter..).

If your trying to get Ignition and power out of plugs.. you need to stop pissing money away on plugs that MIGHT make power and just buy a 00VI, Y-Pipe, or a fking T/S charger, rather than spending 100$ on some plugs that MIGHT make you 2 ft lbs of torque.

NGK Plats is all that anyone who has been on this board longer than 15 mins should ever use. Period.

Oh, and to anyone who says its dyno proven...

Dyno's have a margin of error, dyno runs differ due to so many ridiculous factors, and its a marketing thing.

Oh.. and The Placebo Effect.

urmab

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Cant agree more stick to the stock plugs they being NGK Plats or alternative NGK Copper and try not to fall for these gimmicks.

holymoly

I change on plugs every two years with NGK coppers. The only difference with NGK platinum is the change interval can extended up to 160,000 km?

2da mizzax

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Anyone answer the OP's question with actual facts or experience (aside from the 2 that have actually tried it)?

Our cars were designed to use NGK platinums..............but a lot of people use copper. (and duration isnt the only difference).

Our cars were designed to use conventional oil..................but a bunch of people are using 0w30 GC with better results.

To the OP, f you do try them out, please let me know how they work. I am interested in these as well. I did see the HPTV episode (or one of them) and the spark was very different. there were multiple spark locations which would lead one to believe that you get a more instantaneous combustion instead of a gradual flare up. this shouldin theory lead to more HP and better Fuel economy (if driving habits are adjusted to hold acceleration constant).