Through a process of elimination, one of the six plugs turned out to be bad. I put one of the old plugs back in and contacted Amazon. They set me up with a return label and promptly sent out a replacement. I installed the replacement plug today and all is good now. Not to knock anybody, but in the interest of full disclosure, Amazon didn't do a great job of packaging the original six plugs. There was no padding inside the shipping box so they were just banging around inside. The plugs do come packaged in their own hard plastic cases. Still, the cases showed small cracks. So, the one plug that turned out bad could have been due to the poor packaging by Amazon, or it could have simply been a defective plug. There's no way of knowing.
So, that's it for the bad news. The good news is that the truck runs so much better now. I've never noticed this much of a difference from a simple plug change before. There's a lot more low end torque than before and throttle response is instantaneous. I'm truly amazed. The engine runs much more smoothly and feels so much peppier. The exhaust note is even deeper than before. Even with only 5 of the 6 plugs replaced, there was a big difference. Now that all six are fresh, I'm going to be monitoring my fuel economy to see if there's an improvement.
As I mentioned previously, the NGK Iridium plugs that were in the engine had some miles on them. NGK says they're good for 60,000 miles. I think I had maybe 30,000 on them. At any rate, the Pulstar plugs made a huge, noticeable difference. If I hadn't just changed the plugs in my wife's Grand Am, I'd be putting a set in her car too.
Highly recommended.
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These plugs live up to thier claims. Increased power noticably. Very pleased with them. Will definitely buy again. Have gotten better gas mileage, great to have now with skyrocketing fuel prices.Best Deals for Pulstar be1p Pulse Spark Plug, Pack of 1
I've been using these in our cars ever since they only had "direct hits" which would screw onto old school non-resistor top threaded spark plugs 4+ years ago. These and the pulstars have had a substantial difference in every vehicle we've put them in. Some get more power and slightly better mileage. Others get both. In a 99 civic we had, we went from averaging 28 mpg to 32 all the time with no difference in driving and the extra power felt great.Today I am buying a new set for a 02 v6 ram because the first pulstars weren't iridium or platinum and they are worn out. On the ram, when first installed them city mileage bumped up to around 18mpg from 15mpg and highway no more than 20.5 and that has changed over time since the gap had widened substantially. I regapped them and used them further but the electrodes are worn down quite a bit now.
All this to say that yes you can believe the hype. Increase in power: yes. Increase in economy: yes.
Now the big question is whether to go for platinums or iridiums. Today, platinum is good enough for me.
BTW pulstars web site is pretty helpful too.
Happy motoring!
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I bought the Pulstar be1p for my 2001 Jeep Wrangler. I had an immediate improvement in start up,acceleration and mpg. Jeep fanatics are very picky about what we put under the hood, and we hate to waste money experimenting. My Wrangler is a 4-cylinder 5-speed basic Wrangler and I am very pleased with the purchase, enough so to recommend these plugs to other buyers who rely on product reviews to save time and money.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Pulstar be1p Pulse Spark Plug, Pack of 1
My Pulstar Spark plugs arrived in good time. From the first day I installed them until now they have been working quite well. I notice a more powerful spark and my vehicle idles like a T-Bird or Corvette. I am running Pertronix II .6 Ohm Ignition Coil 45,000 volts to my Pulstar spark plugs. I gap them to .032 inch. Result is less Co2, Co, and better fuel mileage. Of course the vehicle is more pepier than before, it is a Nissan Sentra.God Bless all of you in the name of Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior.
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