plugs for HPC ?

[ECR]

What plugs are recommended for a standard VX HPC ?

[ECR]

No HPC owners ?

[Tazio]

Roger,

There's nothing in the original build manual, so sorry..

[Jonathan Kay]

No idea, but NGK say BCPR7E and that's confirmed by a couple of other vendors: 1, 2.

Searching for BCPR7E in the archives only gives posts about K series.

Jonathan

[ECR]

Any advance on Champion C63YC from Tony Pashley ?

[Piers300]

Roger. I am at Crispin's tomorrow and will find out what his HPC has fitted.

 

Piers

[ECR]

Thanks Piers. Please say hello from Barbara and I. we miss him ....

[TANGO7]

Champion C63YC recommended in Tony Weale's Book.

[Jonathan Kay]

Which edition is that, please? I checked my first edition when I was searching after ECR didn't get an answer and it has those on p217 for "Vauxhall 16 valve" but on p224 it says "part numbers for the 1991 Vauxhall engined HPC model were not available at the time of writing".

Thanks

Jonathan

[Piers300]

Hi Roger

 

Crispin gave me the spark plug box he uses and it has the following part number: VSP 144. 90357582

 

it also has 024223559102V

 

Crispin sends his best regards to you and Barbara, as do I.

I will also look in my Tony Weal book.

 

regards

 

Piers

 

 

[Piers300]

Roger

My 2009 NGK spark plug book says: Caterham HPC 16 Valve is either NGK BCPR7E (recomended) or BCPR7ES gapped at 0.7

 

regards

 

Piers

[ECR]

Thanks all 

[Piers300]

Roger one other thing is that you will recall his is 235 Bhp

[TANGO7]

WRT Tony Weale Book - not sure what Edition it is but Publication Date is 1991 and the info on plugs is on page 217.

 

[Piers300]

Roger

Tony Weale's book on page 217 says Champion C6 3YC, but this is for the 175 bhp engine.

 

Piers

[Lotus Boy]

Another here who fitted NGK BCPR7ES.

What came out interestingly were GM branded ones FLR8L, think Hyperion put them in about seven years ago. Found one identical set on eBay but decided to go with the lower cold rated and seemingly more recommended NGKs.

Car is running well on the NGKs.

Cheers

David

[TANGO7]

Hi All,

So do we not assume the 175bhp is  not the "Standard" engine on carbs??

[Lotus Boy]

Yes 175bhp is the standard output for carbs. 165bhp for injection.