Top 10 NGK Spark Plugs

Before us is a Russian copy of German Bosch spark plugs. And not a fake, but a licensed copy that has all the necessary certificates.In turn, Bosch is a good analogue of NGK and other top brands. The main difference from the original is the price. Modules are much cheaper, but much less attention is paid to copy protection. However, the price tag and the low popularity of the brand do not particularly attract unscrupulous pirates. As for quality and reliability, these candles cannot be called the best of their kind, but they strictly correspond to the declared characteristics, and some parameters, such as the recommended mileage, are even greatly underestimated.

The NGK brand primarily specializes in spark plugs for modern cars. At the same time, he very delicately bypasses old cars that also need replacing candles and still plow the roads. This product is designed specifically for these workhorses. The list of recommended cars includes VAZ from a penny to 99 and European brands of past years. This is a nickel spark plug, but it has three ground electrodes, which ensures stable operation on engines with high wear. There are no modern frills here, but they are not needed. HOLA S15 are exactly those candles that were on your “swallow” when it just left the assembly line.

We can safely say that NGK is the best manufacturer of spark plugs, but they are very expensive and irrelevant for many car owners. But there is a Russian analogue, which, in terms of the totality of characteristics, is not inferior to the top Japanese brand. Not inferior, of course, in terms of the money spent on the working resource and other nuances. Before us are the cheapest modules produced specifically for VAZ cars. These are simple nickel candles with one side electrode and a working resource of 30 thousand kilometers. Yes, the figures are not the most impressive, but by simple mathematical calculations it turns out that in the end they lose little to the widely advertised Japanese.

The modern market is filled with low-quality fakes. If you take an unknown Chinese brand, of course no one will copy it, but you should turn to top brands, and an incredible number of copies of a very illegal quality immediately pops up. This spark plug has the best level of copy protection. Original packaging besides the serial number, which is easy to check. Equipped with codes and a complex hologram that is very expensive to copy. There are no complaints about the quality either. This is an excellent analogue of NGK with a nickel center electrode. And two side modules significantly increase the resource of the candle.

The increase in the number of side electrodes is aimed at stabilizing the spark during operation. If it does not work on one electrode, it will definitely work on the other. This greatly increases the efficiency of the spark plug and extends its life, as the load is distributed among the larger modules. This model uses three side electrodes at once. True, the central module is nickel, not platinum or iridium, which explains the quite adequate price tag.The recommended candle life is 50 thousand kilometers, which is a very good result for nickel modules. And these are not empty numbers. The brand values ​​its reputation too much to throw words to the wind.

Today, many cars run on gas fuel, and disputes continue among experts about how it affects the engine and its components. In addition, candle manufacturers rarely pay attention to this issue. Specialty candles are hard to find in catalogs, and Brisk is a welcome exception to this trend. These candles are recommended specifically for gas fuel. They have a silver coating on the electrode and, in principle, this is their only difference from their analogues. Unfortunately, it is impossible to find real test results or experts, so it remains to take the manufacturer's word for it. Fortunately, his reputation allows it.

Before us is a Chinese brand that has been gaining more and more popularity in recent years. In terms of fame, he is unlikely to be able to compete with NGK, but today it is easy to find tests and reviews of real owners on the net. Including on the well-known portals Drom and Drive2. As practice has shown, the Chinese version, although not the best analogue of the Japanese, is quite worthy. There is an iridium soldering, and the declared resource is 80 thousand mileage. A good result, however, and the product costs a lot of money. Also, tests have shown that the candle perfectly fulfills its resource and has all the advantages inherent in iridium models. Perhaps soon we will see a new big name in this market.

Spark plug manufacturers are constantly looking for solutions to increase the life of their products. They use different materials and technologies. In this case, we see the central electrode with yttrium soldering.This rare earth material can significantly increase the working life, but for experts it is the most controversial. According to tests, such a candle does not affect engine efficiency and other indicators at all. Yes, it is more durable and easily tolerates high heat, but in terms of the combination of parameters it does not greatly outperform iridium or platinum. Be that as it may, the declared resource of the Germans is 100 thousand kilometers, and this is more than that of a similar NGK.

The LYNXauto brand is owned by the Japanese corporation Akita Kaihatsu, and it is one of the youngest manufacturers, since the company used to deal exclusively with quality control of other companies. But, despite its youth, it is one of the most popular on the market. The company directly cooperates with automakers and supplies them with its spark plugs. For example, now we have a candle that uses two of the most advanced materials: iridium and platinum. This gives it the most reliable and durable. The resource is almost doubled compared to analogues, but the price is appropriate. However, if you count it per resource, then it no longer seems so high.

Denso is another top spark plug manufacturer from Japan and NGK's main competitor in the market. The company has developed its own marking, which is used by other brands along with the NGK classification. At the same time, in the analogue selection table, this nickel candle replaces BKR5EKU. That is, if Denso has an incandescent number of 20, then for NGK it is 5. As for the quality, it is at a very high level. The company values ​​its reputation, carefully protects itself from fakes and has a very extensive catalog. As for pricing, this is definitely not the best way to save money. The price of the two top brands is almost the same. Of course, if we consider goods of equal parameters.