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Anyone know anything about these $15.95 plugs?
Pulstar Plugs

http://www.carbibles.com/productreviews_pulstar.html

http://dailyderbi.com/pulstar-pulse-plug-review/

How many miles per year do you drive in the vehicles you would use these plugs?

P.T Barnum is alive and well, and selling spark plugs!

Jerry

My thoughts exactly, Jerry.

I only paid like $8.00 apiece for the ones in my new car, "LASER IRIDIUM", the old set ran 100,000 miles and showed little deterioration. Unless you aren't getting spark to the cylinder at all. A spark plug won't give you any more power. You don't need a 50,000 megaton ignition under most situations. All you need is "ignition" hence the term "IGNITION" System.

I have no personal need for these plugs. I rarely ever drive more than 1,500 miles a year. Curiosity is all that drives my question.

A local trade newspaper had a big front page article about them. They interviewed the head of the co. They showed dyno tests the should a significant increase in torque & hp. I just put new plugs in my HHR & the rest of my vehicles I don't hardly put on any miles. So I'm not going to try them.

A local trade newspaper had a big front page article about them. They interviewed the head of the co. They showed dyno tests the should a significant increase in torque & hp. I just put new plugs in my HHR & the rest of my vehicles I don't hardly put on any miles. So I'm not going to try them.

I have made hundreds of dyno runs over the past 30-something years. It's fairly simple to fudge the numbers to show a power increase if the dyno operator has a product to sell.
Jerry

Run a dyno test on an engine with old plugs (and probably poorly tuned as a consequence).

Change the plugs with any plugs.
Tune the engine.

Run a dyno test.

What results do you expect?

Look at the controlled test at the links posted above.

Those plugs provided only a modest increase in power and mpg. The payback might have been OK (not substantial, but OK) if you drive your vehicle a lot.

With the antiquated points ignition and, carburetor fuel delivery systems (both of which begin their gradual degradation until their ultimate failure due to normal wear and tear upon the first revolution of the crankshaft), these plugs will foul just as quickly as the original equipment plugs did.
With the advent of computer controlled electronic ignition and fuel injection, modern engines are not subjected to the problems associated with the old system, and therefore you can run plugs for pretty much the life of the engine. I have put 173,000 and 161,000 miles on two Dodge pickups on the original plugs. The 173,000 mile one developed a sloppy overhead cam chain and was sold at auction (still running, just a bit noisy when engine was cold) and the 161,000 mile one is still in service and runs like new.
Carl

My F-250 had 215,000 miles on it when I replaced the plugs. Even then there was no noticeable engine problems.

Like Carl, states, I can't see any real advantage to them. If they are being used with a coil on plug application or even an HEI setup, maybe some modest gains. Nothing to warrant the price tag on them.

I'm willing to bet just going a couple points hotter, using an "S" type plug, or even indexing your spark plugs would probably have about as much of an effect as a $15 magic plug.

Buy some R45S plugs for $2.00 each and be done with it.