NGK BP6ES

[Emyers]

Public service announcement.  NGK has discontinued the BP6ES, replaced with the BPR6ES for those that care.  

There is still some remaining stock on the shelves, when gone.....

https://www.ngk.com/product.aspx?zpid=9405

 

Earl

[Conserv]

14 minutes ago, Emyers said:

Public service announcement.  NGK has discontinued the BP6ES, replaced with the BPR6ES for those that care.  

There is still some remaining stock on the shelves, when gone.....

https://www.ngk.com/product.aspx?zpid=9405

 

Earl

Thanks.

 

Does that extra “R” indicate “resistor”?
 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

[Emyers]

Yes Sir.

[zinz]

 

Dammit, Earl...

 

I guess people now

gonna hoard NGK plugs, too???

 

Ed

 

Edited April 12, 2020 by zinz

[Mike G]

Or switch to BP5ES for mo powa!

['76mintgrün'02]

10 minutes ago, Mike G said:

Or switch to BP5ES for mo powa!

 

Also discontinued

 

https://www.ngk.com/product.aspx?zpid=9397

[Mike G]

5 minutes ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

 

Also discontinued

 

https://www.ngk.com/product.aspx?zpid=9397

crap

[AustrianVespaGuy]

So the $2002 question then, with a good coil, how 'bad' are the resistance plugs? How much resistance are we talking?

[TobyB]

Awww, biyatch.  The "r" plug does not work for racing.

 

t

['76mintgrün'02]

1 hour ago, AustrianVespaGuy said:

How much resistance are we talking?

5 K ohms

which is the same amount as the stock rotor has.

 

Since resistance is cumulative, would it help to use a 1 K ohm rotor when using the resistor plugs?

 

I had been using the 1 K ohm rotor thinking less resistance would be better, as in hotter.  Then I read that the 5 K ohm rotor gives a spark with a longer duration and that's what came on our cars originally... so I put a 5K rotor back in.

 

I wonder what difference it makes if the 5K ohm resistance is at the rotor end or the plug end.

 

 

[2002Scoob]

Well,

8 hours ago, AustrianVespaGuy said:

So the $2002 question then, with a good coil, how 'bad' are the resistance plugs? How much resistance are we talking?

 

Or better yet, what's the best non-NGK offering once the supply runs out? (totally went on Amazon and ordered a few spare sets)

[jimk]

Try some Denso equivalents.  There is a crossover chart there on the Denso site.

[Jae]

Just purchased a 20 count lot for 30 bucks after reading this! 

[Conserv]

20 minutes ago, Jae P said:

Just purchased a 20 count lot for 30 bucks after reading this! 

Five spark plug changes (20/4) should take you well into the future. For me, who drives my ‘76 about 2,500 miles annually, and changes plugs at approximately 5,000-mile increments — not because it needs it, but just because it’s easy — I wouldn’t need to buy more plugs for at least 12 years.  I guess I could stash 20 plugs between my toilet paper and dried-bean reserves.... ?
 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

[Jae]

23 minutes ago, Conserv said:

Five spark plug changes (20/4) should take you well into the future. For me, who drives my ‘76 about 2,500 miles annually, and changes plugs at approximately 5,000-mile increments — not because it needs it, but just because it’s easy — I wouldn’t need to buy more plugs for at least 12 years.  I guess I could stash 20 plugs between my toilet paper and dried-bean reserves.... ?
 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Steve, 

 

My thoughts exactly! I change my plugs every 2-3 years only because I don’t drive no more than 2-3k a year. I figured 20 plugs for 30 bucks, sh*t why not. Something less to think about while isolated at home.