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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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Well I am sitting at home watching the Speed channel and they breifly covered the spark plug issue on the 3V Ford engines. They were featuring a replacement plug that is not Ford Motorcraft.

http://briskracing.com/product.php?p...age=1&featured

These things look decent- or better be for the $$. Anybody using these?
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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brisk have a really good name.. supposed to be a one piece plug.. I remember a while back there was a few threads about them.. I dont believe you will be dissappointed by getting them.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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whats the blue line in the middle ? is it a laser weld? anyone know?
looks good .
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by DPET5
whats the blue line in the middle ? is it a laser weld? anyone know?
looks good .
looks like a high temp o-ring to me.......
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Question as a new F150 owner, I've heard about this problem but why not just pull the stock plugs and drop in some NGKs or some other quality plug instead of the OEM plugs? I've always used NGKs in all my vehicles. They don't cost a fortune and are great plugs (copper though so I change them every 50,000 miles, but well worth it if the plugs you're using are breaking off in the heads).
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by josh99ta
Question as a new F150 owner, I've heard about this problem but why not just pull the stock plugs and drop in some NGKs or some other quality plug instead of the OEM plugs? I've always used NGKs in all my vehicles. They don't cost a fortune and are great plugs (copper though so I change them every 50,000 miles, but well worth it if the plugs you're using are breaking off in the heads).
From what I've been reading, the reason for not using NGK's is that they do not make really any aftermarket plugs for these trucks yet. Look at the design of the plug in that link. Having the 3V head makes the plug very long. I could be wrong on this but that is what I have gathered from reading and going to auto parts stores looking for a replacement.
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:40 AM
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http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-...lugs-300-1.jpg

the 3V plugs arent the typical spark plugs we all know...
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 07:18 AM
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Geez, looks like a plug on viagra!
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 09:40 AM
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Alot of people on other forums swear by these plugs. Briskracing. for our trucks.
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