Honda Accord (1990 - 2002) Includes 1997 - 1999 Acura CL

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Old Dec 16, 2005 | 11:16 PM
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ok i have read my accord owners manual for the gapping. but thats just facotry gapped plugs. and i want to gain a lil more power from the gapping. i was wondering wat do u ppls have ur spark plugs gapped at??? which rating is better???
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Old Dec 17, 2005 | 07:23 AM
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Go by Honda's specs only or you can have mis fires down the road. It would be different if you had an MSD or similar ignition system with real hot plugs but with a normal system you would be only hurting things to screw with the gap.
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Old Dec 17, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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hmmmmmm alright then.
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Old Dec 17, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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I would leave them at the stock gap. But definately index them.
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Old Dec 17, 2005 | 05:34 PM
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they are supposed to be gapped at .040--.044 do them always at the lower end because as they wear down the gap will get bigger
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Old Dec 18, 2005 | 11:13 AM
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are these for stock sparkplugs???
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Old Dec 18, 2005 | 05:55 PM
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For what it's worth and knowing that this is for a different generation, my '99's owner's manual specifies 0.04".
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 05:53 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by asianalbutt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are these for stock sparkplugs???</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes ... actually i was a tiny off ,, gap should be .039-.043....including yours Heat..
so set it at .039 cause like i said as they wear gap gets wider
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 09:11 AM
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Interesting side note the NGK plugs have the gap in mm at the end of the part number bpr5ey11 the '11' means 1.1 mm
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