Pulstars, and other spark plugs

I was reading some articles on Wired Online's web site when I came upon a review of these: Pulstar Pulse Plugs : They're supposed to burn a heck of a lot brighter. Of course, they don't even exist beyond the prototype phase yet, and judging from the 3 comments on Wired's site, they seem totally implausible and absurd. But, it got me thinking. What do you guys use for spark plugs in your 996 cars? Stick with stock or have any of you had good success with some of the 'forked plug' vendors? Thanks for the listen.

safest bet is to stay with the stock plugs, heat range, length, thread and plug material may vary with non oem.

I prefer the NKG plugs.

Looks like there's a lot of investment capital behind them now http://www.pulstarplug.com/

So 2 years later, they've come out with a product. 24.95 each does not sound cheap, but I really love those action videos showing how much brighter they spark.

Corvette and Bimmer boards are chewing on this data too and the general consensus that is coming through is that the real life gains are probably not noticeable except for the substantial lightening of your wallet!

Either your compressed fuel ignites or it doesn't. Their is no benefit to igniiting it with a hotter spark than required.

1999Porsche911 What's the advantage of the NKG Plugs over stock? I think they're actually a little cheaper, aren't they? What kind of life could I expect? 50,000 miles? More? This is my holiday projects (well, one of them).

stay stock

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I always thought the exact same thing but twin plugging a motor will in fact increase HP. Has been dyno proven many of times. It may have to do with origination of the initial explosion and the pistons relationship at the time it occurs.

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Price, availability and easier to gap with it being a 2 tip. You don't get more than about 30,000 out of a copper plug if you drive it hard..

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We're not talking about repositioning the spark, but altering its strength. 10 points of spark would be better than 2.

Thanks for the advice. Now if I can just get my hands (or should I say spark plug wrench) on those little darlings...

So is the forum recommendation to stick with stock plugs? I'm going to just get a fresh new set it once I reach 45K on my '02. Generally, even back in the S2000 and E46 M3, the people who really knew pretty much recommended to stay with the stock stuff as other bright ideas are never justified based on research and data since so many know just enough to sound dangerous. Best, Ben

I did a science experiment in a highly controlled atmosphere in 8th grade on which plugs produced the "biggest" spark. All the brands did the same except the Bosch platinums. They produced a teeny-weeny spark using the exact calibrated pull of the lawnmower rope from my arm than the others. My point is, they are all relatively the same if not using exotic metals. Trust me, it was accurate conclusional data.

so stay w/ the stock plugs?

I know the general opinion is to stick with the stock spark plugs. However, I have used the new Pulstar plugs in a 1999 Carerra and now in my 02 Carrera. Although I can't prove it, my car seems to have more bottom end torque. One thing I can prove is a 2 mpg in fuel mileage. I'll leave you with this thought, if we stayed with conventional plugs we wouldn't have the Platinum and Iridium electrodes, we'd still be running copper. We also would not be running the new designed groundstrap design as seen in this picture. I was using the new groundstrap design while racing VWs during the 80's. As one reader stated "Either your compressed fuel ignites or it doesn't". Not to disrespect anyone's opinion however, if we subscribe to this belief, why change anything in our ignitions or plugs?

They have reduced the pice in half!

They have reduced the price in half!