Platinum spark plugs?? Are they needed in our OBS 5.7 vehicles?

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Went to the local NAPA auto today to pick up some sprak plugs for my 1997 5.7 Tahoe. I asked them to give me whatever is OEM. They told me AC Delco double platinums at over 7 dollars apiece!!! I then asked them to give me the price of a "regular" spark plug and they said "awe man you don't want to do that cause those platinum Delcos are OEM spec". Even the Autolite platinum spark plugs were $5 dollar plus apiece!!

So my question is....Can I just run regular spark plugs in my OBS 5.7 Hoe and similar or do I need to pony up for the plartinum versions to keep my Hoe and motor happy? Or was I given a bunch of BS so they could take all my money?

P.S>,, I did a search for "spark plugs" here and I did not see adequate information. So I thought I would ask.

Thank-you for your help/replies.

 

[bai78]

You can run whatever you like. The platinums are nice for an N/A motor and they are able to last up to 100k......I haven't done it personally but others have. I changed my plugs at 90k for NGK TR6 plugs due to being supercharged.

Just don't run E3 plugs....according to others on the board they are complete crap.

 

[haks310]

I've actually heard good things about E3, here and on FSC. You can run whatever you want, brother did a tune up in his 99 with Autolites and cheaper spark plug wires and his 'Hoe runs great. In my 95 I am running Delco Platinum and MSD wires and it also runs great I would just stick to AC Delco, NGK or E3s, all these run great in our trucks.

 

[ravingmadman]

Napa. They're trying to take an easy target of opportunity. Screw them.

 

[992door]

I run the platinum's in mine only because the first one that were in ther lasted about 110,000-115,000 miles before i ever had it miss of anything

 

[drowndindreams]

Napa. They're trying to take an easy target of opportunity. Screw them.

x2.

those platinums are bs. they dont fire up any faster than single ignitor plugs

platinum plugs have 4 ignitors.

 

[hapyspaz]

There are a lot of vehicles out there that you, for the most part, have to use OE matching plugs when you do a tune.

For example, the NBS & NNBS, if you do not use the irridium, they can start to sputter and misfire like crazy.

I went against recommendations and used AC RapidFire plugs in mine, and to be honest, Ive had to swap out 4 plugs on seperate ocassions. When I tune it again Im going back to AC Platinums.