testy Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 whats the best brand and model for an ea82. After learning an ECU isnt a great thing to do ill spend the money on stuff like that. Ive heard that preformance spark plugs and the like dont necisarly work as good as the regular ones. Whos got the best stuff, or should i just go generic on it all. Same with the leads wire thingers, should i replace them with new stock versions or go to a bigger more powerful wire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeshoup Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Spark Plugs, just plain old NGK Coppers work the best. Wires, I use any regular brand of wires. Majority out there are of the same quality. If you want to spend money, get Magnecor. Those ARE the best. Cap, rotor, just get whatever's available. They're all built the same. None of this will gain you any performance. It will allow to use power that you lost though from using old stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I used bluestreak because they lasted longer then other brands. i used to test ignition components in another life, and blue streak from Standard auto products outlasted all the rest. You can go with a hotter coil, but plugs dont really matter, just go with the OE plug. Change the heat range as needed and youll be fine. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smelly_cat Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 This is my mantra. If its running smooth and getting good milage. leave it alone. Regular plugs and wires work fine, I've many helped manye people repair perfectly good cars after they tried replaceing all the stock parts putting on all that high performance stuff SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 Ok thanks, Ill keep to generic plugs, but i want better wires. If not for a smoother running car for the look that a bunch of blue or red wires will give my engine area haha. Dont think any of it has been changed so why not now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daeron Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 testy: a few other things to change would be air and fuel filters. the air filter over time becomes a serious inhibitor of the motor's ability to breathe, so to speak, and fuel filters have a dirty job. I have yet to _actually_ experience a situation where replacing the fuel filter gave me better performance, but it is a vital tune-up part nevertheless. i say that ive never expereinced it, but im no pro.. just some guy, you know? the air filter is a different story. replace them all, get a good air filter (im trying this premium label STP air filter now, it seems nice.. but without proper flow-testing equipment its all a guess) and see how she runs. if youre looking for simple items to try to give you some more power, heh.. theres not a GREAT abundance of additional power to be had, without making serious motor mods.. but you can look at the exhaust, and replace the original muffler.. do a search here on the forum and you can find several discussions about muffler swaps, the muffler you put on is important but not as specific as what comes OFF.. namely the old muffler thats been beaten around for 20 years. some increase in the size of the exhaust piping might be in order, but not much or you lose backpressure, and it hurts more than it helps. Alot of people like to put the K&N Filters on there, but the jury still seems out on that one... the more i look, however, the more people whose intelligence i highly respect say that K&N is a ripoff, beyond the lifetime warranty, and that the higher flow is irrelevant. As I recently discovered that our cars air filter cartridge is the same called for in a turbocharge 280ZX (thats forced induction, much bigger motor, about 8x1 compression.. so needs MUCH more air i am thinking) I have given up on the idea of a K&N. if the paper filter can flow enough for that motor, it can flow enough for mine. The biggest thing i have planned (i have about the same modest goals and limits to how far im tearing into it as you) is to take the intake (or at least the TB) off and make sure its all well port matched. i believe it was bgd who had posted a link to his write up of discovering that his thorttle body didnt even line up right with his manifold, the two cricles were not concentric... but that is a good thought. alternately, replace it with the ej22 turbo intercooled... THEN go get your megasquirt setup, and bigger injectors, hood scoop, NOS, hell, lets just get a turbine for it :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 cool thanks. I have plans to replace fuel filter. How to I depressurize the system? Air filter I regularly replace every 2 months because its gross around here and my airbox is cut open. If I was gonna do an engine swap, id just instead go out and find me a Legacy Sedan with turbo. Hot car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgd73 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I have had absolutely no problems with bosch platinum- not the crazy platinums, the regular looking spark plug platinum. I checked after 30k and they look great- white hot ends, no wear anywhere. I did save gas like thier ad stated as well, but I did notice engine runs a bit warmer.Where spfi starts closing off fuel due to heat, the plugs aren't necessarily burning more efficient, but making the spfi dish out less fuel-- either way, it is all good for me. There is a distributor cap that ends up horrible, I got it at advanced auto- brown in color. It refused to be normal until old cap was back in. May have something to do with the photosensor for fire not liking the material cap was made out of (our only guess). Bizarre. I am still on 7mm wires - they are 1mm quicker than the hotrod 8's full tune-up needs good fluids - synthetic in tranny (like valvoline) is very good stuff, takes awhile to synch, but it is worth it when it does. Degrease the hell out of the engine bay - especially if you still have EGR. Alot of electrical anomalies go away - took mine 3 times over a year to see how bright my white engine bay really is with stuff like "bombs away" truck degreaser being high pressured from a flame throwin K1 burnin steam cleaner. the best tune up my car engine had yet. The spfi didn't get bothered all that much after drenching the bay for 45-60 minutes straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 magnecor ignition wires are excellent. i put them in everything i drive and all my friends/family vehicles i work on as well if they plan to keep it awhile. i can't say enough about them. ive personally put over 150,000 miles on one set. stick with stock NGK's, others don't offer you anything. if you want to spend money get the torquemaster plugs, they are about $7.50 each but they last forever and there is not gap to degrade over time. stay stock with everything else, it won't gain you anything unless you just want it to be new for reliability but most ignition parts don't fail very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aba4430 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Check this site out. I have purchased NGK wires from them for Nissans. They are an authorized NGK dealer and CS is excellent. This link is for a 87 Subaru Brat, but you can get a listing for any Subaru on the site. NGK wires are tops. http://www.ngk.com/results_app.asp?AAIA=1267769 For air and fuel filters, distributor cap and rotor, I recommend Subaru genuine parts. These can be obtained from www.worldpartsexpress.com. I have dealt with them and their CS is also exceptional. Subaru tune up parts are competitively priced. For spark plugs, I recommend regular NGK's (V power) or Nippon Denso's (U groove). Both are exceptional. Change your PCV valve also. The O2 sensor is a good idea as well, every 25 thousand miles or so. I have gone 50K miles on our Nissans; do not have an O2 sensor on the Brat. To depressurize the fuel system, generic instructions are to take your fuel pump fuse out, start the car and let it run till it dies. Do this another time. Then undo your gas cap, and put it back on. Now go ahead and change your fuel filter. Have some rags/paper towels handy to soak up a minimal amount of fuel that might spill. Replace your fuel pump fuse thereafter. aba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill90Loyale Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 magnecor ignition wires are excellent. i put them in everything i drive and all my friends/family vehicles i work on as well if they plan to keep it awhile. i can't say enough about them. ive personally put over 150,000 miles on one set. stick with stock NGK's, others don't offer you anything. if you want to spend money get the torquemaster plugs, they are about $7.50 each but they last forever and there is not gap to degrade over time. stay stock with everything else, it won't gain you anything unless you just want it to be new for reliability but most ignition parts don't fail very often. Same here. Magnecor. NGK plugs. 220K miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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