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Stopped at Gurley Leep Ford in South Bend, saw they had an Avalanche Gray with white stripes GT350 in the showroom, they were closed, so no word on price.
So I finally decided to tackle changing the spark plugs after nearly sitting in there for 11 years and 71,000 miles.
Read all over how people were recommended to get them out safely. I ended up starting with a mildly warm engine, pulled the coils off, and soaked the wells with Sea Foam Deep Creep. As impatient as I am, I could not stand there more than an hour pondering if they were going to come out, lol. So jumped in. A few took some elbow grease, those I let sit as I went to the next. 1 came out with little to no stress. The other ones I would loosen a little, and tighten, then loosen, loosen slowly and in the end, all came out without a hitch!
I ended up going with OEM's again, and some nice nickel anti-seize.
I guess the newer design is not suppose to break in half?
You can see a difference in the plug at the spot where they would break off, the taper looks a little different. Old plugs didnt look that hot either. Electrode was pretty worn down.
Sea Foam deep creep really did break down that carbon, instead of hard black crap, most of it was a black liquid and if you wiped off it would take most of it off.
Did you see the drag strip? My cousin was part of getting that set up. Id love to get to that weekend one of these years.
I did see the drag strip the next day. I was talking to one of the guy who stayed at the same hotel. He said it was a bit unsafe because the street tilted towards the curbs. I said that street racing ha. He had a 10 second late 60's Pontiac. It is a must see. I went with my son. He is 26. But yea great father son trip for sure. Here's a sample of what goes on there
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