[Healeys] spark plugs

[Oudesluys]

Like tires, they may have been made in totally different countries like 
Britain and India, may be to the same spec but perhaps with a different 
attitude to quality control.
Kees Oudesluijs


Al Fuller schreef:
> One possible explanation for the wide variety of experiences with Champion
> spark plugs:
>
> A close friend and fellow Healey owner said he heard that Champion sold
> different quality spark plugs [of the same brand name and model number] thru
> different retailers.  I initially found this hard to believe, but subsequent
> comments demonstrated it might be true...
>
> Al Fuller
> al at bighealey.org
> '62 BT-7
> '65 BJ-8
> '85 Rx-7
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Mirek Sharp
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:10 PM
> To: robertlarson at att.net
> Cc: Healey List
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] spark plugs
>
> Hey Bob,
>
> you wrote:  : "Not a myth here....."
>
> Didn't mean to be aggressive with the "myth" comment.  Spark plug choice
> seems to one of those things that gets people's dander up.  What I find
> confounding is how many of us, all upstanding Healeyphiles, can have such
> different experiences.  I do not know Ed or the other Champion naysayers,
> but have no reasons to doubt them (someone correct me if I should), yet I
> and a number of others have had a warm and rewarding relationship with
> Champions.  Weird isn't it?  Champion have remained in business, so how
> systemic can any problem be?
>
> Just to see if I can further stir things up, my only bad experience was with
>
> Bosch plugs in my baby-poop yellow Volvo 242 (remember that yellow? - Volvo
> called it Safari Yellow - right!).  Perhaps it was the colour clash with the
>
> purplish pink insulator colour of the Bosch plugs.
>
> Seriously, any theories on how we can have such different experiences?
>
> cheers,
>
> Mirek
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