NGK BCP7EV Gold Palladium plugs

Plug-Pose

After about 54 thousand miles of use, the Toyota Platinum plugs will RIP.

Taking their place are the NGK's Gold Palladium plugs, type BCP7EV.

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NGK Plug Gap
before installation
4 NGK Plugs
When I first installed the NGK's, I set the gap @0.034 inch.
To my disappointment, I did not notice any power increase except for what felt like a minor mid range improvement.

After two weeks of service, I removed the plugs to check if the heat rang was hot enough, and sure enough the plug electrodes were nice and clean signifying that 7 is a good heat range for 13 psi boost. Just look at the old factory platinum plugs and how they were possibly too cold of a plug from the beginning..

After the inspection, I then re-gap'ed the plugs to 0.048 inch.

Since then, gas mileage has improved and all around power is definitely noticeable by me the daily driver.

I have recently ran a 1/4 mile with my G-Tech, and I am avaraging a couple tenths of a second quicker now. But who knows. It could be due to anything...

Factory plug gap
old factory platinum plugs
Toyota Factory 4A-GZE 
plugs

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