Spark plug NGK or AC DELCO
Only use the factory AC-Delco 41-987 plugs.
Just thought I'd come back and post what I found to possibly help others. New coil packs solved the issue. All of them were in pretty rough shape when I took them out. Picked up new packs from the stealer for $60 a piece. Also bought the NGK BKR7E's, Gapped to .28 best I could. Fuel economy has returned thankfully, and low end performance is great. The turbo seems to be building boost a little more easier, and it takes less throttle to get the car accelerating. Can floor it from 2500 rpm to the limiter at 6900 without any hesitation, hiccups or blips in power.
I'm running NGK 1675 PFR7S8EG plugs with OE R8 red top coils with APR Stage 2+ with no miss fires.
When I upgraded to R8 coil packs I swapped plugs to NGK Platinums and did nothing but thread em in and walk away. Nothing but great performance since.
Finished up another swap over the weekend. Runs great. Gapped a new set of BKR5E's to .032" and put them in a buddy's daily driven B4 VR6.
I actually have those exact plugs in mine for about 10K miles now and have not hat any problems.
I have been using them, never had problems. Start up is faster, idle is smoother, throttle feels more responsive.
I paid $42 for the ACDelco iridium plugs, $45 for the ACDelco pro wire set.
Not sure what exactly your setup is/how well you have tuned for it, but on BKR7EIX plugs @ .028 and 25psi, I was encountering some spark blowout. Basically felt like the car dropped 2 cylinders, and my exhaust had muffled misfire sounds that basically sounded like a very fast skipping CD of fart noises lol.
DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT get laser series platinums! They are junk! I tried them out and our motors do not like them. I had so many issues with them I threw them away
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