I'm about to order spark plugs for my 2002 Carrera. Any thought on using NGK BKR6E spark plugs? They are listed on NGK's website for being compatible with every 996.

 

i'm going to go ahead and just order these up if no one is going to answer me. i'll report back my results / findings.

 

Go for it let us know what you think. Maybe some more power with NGK plus too.

 

i have a feeling they're going to be exactly the same as every other plug. plugs are plugs.. when people think they're getting more power or fuel economy its almost always entirely a placebo effect.

 

installed the spark plugs and the car idles just fine with no CEL. I will report any differences in performance and fuel economy as I drive it more. So far so good.

 

Did you gap them or did they already come gapped? I just ordered a new set of bosch's. If you did gap them what did you gap them to?

 

I used the same plugs when I did my last major service on my 2002 C2 Cab. Car runs great, no problems whatsoever, (knock on wood). I'm going on approx. 3K miles since service. I did have to gap them however, everyone of them were off by quite a bit.

 

I never gapped mine and they run great.. Kinda makes me think I should take them out and double check the gapping. So far so good though, it actually seems to idle better than before.

 

if it is running fine I wouldn't worry about it. I think they were supposed to come pregapped, but apparently my store likes to play hockey with their products on break, because they were all off by quite a bit, lol

 

is that a BKR6E or BKR6EK??? BKR6E doesnt list any porsche what so ever...BKR6EK does as you say. Did you ate K letter at the end?

 

^ BKR6E are the right plugs. ive been running them for a year now.

 

Yeah, right. A friend of mine who is a cert BMW tech spent several hours troubleshooting erratic behavior on a 7 series - weird stuff, like spurious low tire pressure signals, very intermittent. Turned out to be the Bosch spark plugs. Replaced 'em with NGKs and no more problems.

 

^ the spark plugs were probably worn out..