Spark plug question - SV650.org

03-08-09, 08:58 PM

This is probably obvious, but I have to order from abroad and so I don't want to screw up the order..

Is a spark plug number specific i.e NGK CR10EIX (numbers) is a motorcycle plug

or

can you get a car plug that is an NGK CR10EIX (numbers) also but with a different set of numbers in brackets afterwards?

Reason I ask, is I need to get some new plugs for my Daytona and I need NGK CR10EIX. People on 675.net were going on about how hard these plugs are to get hold of, yet I can find them listed everywhere! I also find them only listed in ebay stores etc selling car parts which is why I'm wondering if they are the right thing? I asked the seller and got the most ambigious reply ever!

Thanks
Luke

Sid Squid · 03-08-09, 09:13 PM

They'd be the same.

In NGK speak C is the shell size, R means resistor, (interference suppression), the number 10 refers to the heat range, (and 10 is pretty cold, from this one can deduce it's a high performance motor), E is the thread length, and IX refers to the centre electrode type. Numbers after that refer to the factory set electrode gap in tenths of a millimetre - so 8 would mean 0.8mm.

03-08-09, 09:23 PM

Lovely - Thanks Ian

That's what I thought

Cheers
Luke

05-08-09, 10:32 PM

I could've told you exactly that and more.

I've started caling Ian the Oracle.

03-08-09, 08:58 PM	#1
lukemillar Guest Posts: n/a	Spark plug question This is probably obvious, but I have to order from abroad and so I don't want to screw up the order.. Is a spark plug number specific i.e NGK CR10EIX (numbers) is a motorcycle plug or can you get a car plug that is an NGK CR10EIX (numbers) also but with a different set of numbers in brackets afterwards? Reason I ask, is I need to get some new plugs for my Daytona and I need NGK CR10EIX. People on 675.net were going on about how hard these plugs are to get hold of, yet I can find them listed everywhere! I also find them only listed in ebay stores etc selling car parts which is why I'm wondering if they are the right thing? I asked the seller and got the most ambigious reply ever! Thanks Luke

03-08-09, 09:13 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Spark plug question They'd be the same. In NGK speak C is the shell size, R means resistor, (interference suppression), the number 10 refers to the heat range, (and 10 is pretty cold, from this one can deduce it's a high performance motor), E is the thread length, and IX refers to the centre electrode type. Numbers after that refer to the factory set electrode gap in tenths of a millimetre - so 8 would mean 0.8mm. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

03-08-09, 09:23 PM	#3
lukemillar Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Spark plug question Lovely - Thanks Ian That's what I thought Cheers Luke

05-08-09, 10:32 PM	#4
monkey Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Spark plug question I could've told you exactly that and more. I've started caling Ian the Oracle.

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