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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 02:13 PM
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My ngk's came today.. what should i gap them at? Ive heard people say .25-.30 but that seems small.. i pulled my old ones out that my mechanic changed awhile ago when i was na and they were gapped at like .60 (black as hell to when i pulled them) the ngks out of the box are set at .40
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 02:22 PM
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u need a smaller gap for boosted cars, or else u will blow out the spark

normally around 28-32 is where u wanna be, but then again, depends on how much boost your running, if running like 8-10 pound .28 is kew
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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i'm running a .28 gap on my plugs...
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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.25 on mine 11psi
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 03:42 PM
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mine are ngk 8s gapped at .020in on 32lbs
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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should you make the gap smaller for nitrous too???
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sicones &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">should you make the gap smaller for nitrous too???</TD></TR></TABLE>not as low a gap i set my buddies at 28 and use ngk 11s with 125shot 4 fogger on a b16
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