ONLY USE WHAT THE MANUFACTURE PUTS IN WHEN NEW, I HAD A 97 INDY 500 WHICH CAME WITH CHAMPIONS, I SWITCHED TO NGK, BECAUSE THATS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS USED, I STARTED TO HAVE AN INTERMITTENT BOGGING PROBLEM, COULDN'T FIND ANY DEALER TO FIX IT, AFTER 2 YEARS OF RIDING WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND FOULING PLUGS, I HAD TO BORROW A SET OF PLUGS FROM A BUDDY, HE HAD THE STOCK CHAMPIONS, I INSTALLED THESE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEFT, THE SLED RAN PERFECT, NO MORE BOGGING, I TALKED TO SEVERAL DEALERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT EXCEPT 1 DEALER IN WISCONSIN, HE STATED THAT THE 500'S AND 600'S WILL HAVE PROBLEMS IF THE STOCK CHAMPION PLUGS ARE NOT USED, SINCE THEN I HAVE HELPED SEVERAL OTHER SNOWMOBILERS W/THE SAME PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THE RESISTANCE OF THE PLUG IS DIFFERENT W/NGK AND IT SCREWS UP THE CDI BOX