What was GM thinking ??
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What was GM thinking ?? I just deleted my EGR and air on my Z. Then I was doing the plugs and wires on it ( much easier w/o air inj ) When I got to the last plug on pass side 
. What a PIA ! What was GM thinking when put the fire wall so damn close to the engine ? Going to cheat a little and do the last plug at work on the lift 
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Or you can jack it up and get at it from the bottom. I had to loosen it last time I changed it like that, gf got it most of the way back in (small arms). Did emissions delete since then so hopefully it will be easier.
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what he said. And if you have LT headers, going from underneath for that last plug on the LS1 is cake. I've never had to remove coil packs. On my car I got rid of the A/C and EGR so it's pretty ******* simple lol. I did my buddy's ss with full a/c tho and still did it within 30 minutes (all of them).
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much easier with LT's form under. i removed the plugs on my car the other day with coil packs and valve covers removed (i was changing valve springs) it was alot easier for some reason it took me like 20 minutes to remove all the plugs.
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Just figured I would change the O.E. plugs and wires at 96K before I go for a tune . btw i did this all from the top including #8
I just deleted my EGR and air on my Z. Then I was doing the plugs and wires on it ( much easier w/o air inj ) When I got to the last plug on pass side . What a PIA ! What was GM thinking when put the fire wall so damn close to the engine ? Going to cheat a little and do the last plug at work on the lift .
. What a PIA ! What was GM thinking when put the fire wall so damn close to the engine ? Going to cheat a little and do the last plug at work on the lift .Like said remove coil packs and take your time. Some do need to be done from the bottom.
I've owned quite a few LT1's and those absolutely suck. I was in love when I saw evenly distributed intake and exhaust.
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I need to change them on my '02 car. I'm also at 96k, and this is the longest I've had any LS1 car without doing a plug change. Just wondering how bad they look at that mileage, on average.
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They didnt look too bad . The electrode was a was a little worn and the gap was bigger than its supposed to be .
I just deleted my EGR and air on my Z. Then I was doing the plugs and wires on it ( much easier w/o air inj ) When I got to the last plug on pass side . What a PIA ! What was GM thinking when put the fire wall so damn close to the engine ? Going to cheat a little and do the last plug at work on the lift .
. What a PIA ! What was GM thinking when put the fire wall so damn close to the engine ? Going to cheat a little and do the last plug at work on the lift .Didn't they set the engine back further in the engine
bay to improve weight distribution & improve handling?
Changing the spark plugs is about the only thing I miss
about my old Integra.