All boosted motors - plug gap
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From: All around, De/Pa
Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (swlabhot)
Never keep stock gap, the boost pressure "blows out" the spark. The only time you run large gaps is when you have some type of high energy spark box like the MSD 6A.
I run .030 in my LS..
I run .030 in my LS..
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From: Planet BOOOST
Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (Boostfed)
OK, I can see that for highly boosted cars. The install has just been finished on my ITR and I'm only running 6lbs of boost at the moment, just until I've run it in before I increase the boost to about 10lbs.
Will stock gap of 0.044 be OK for 6lbs? I don't want the performance to be affected if I decrease the gap as I'm only on 6lbs....
No I'm not running MSD or the like to increase voltage...
[Modified by swlabhot, 4:22 PM 3/24/2003]
Will stock gap of 0.044 be OK for 6lbs? I don't want the performance to be affected if I decrease the gap as I'm only on 6lbs....
No I'm not running MSD or the like to increase voltage...
[Modified by swlabhot, 4:22 PM 3/24/2003]
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Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (swlabhot)
SOOO many boosted motors out there and no one gives a **** what their gaps are?!!?
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Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (Boostfed)
I run .025 with 25psi 500whp. Had to gap em close as boost was raised to keep from blowing out the spark.
im running 9 heat range .27 gap on 15 psi.
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Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (TurboDANDEE)
I run .025 with 25psi 500whp. Had to gap em close as boost was raised to keep from blowing out the spark.
How do you know or tell when your spark is being blow away?
im running 9 heat range .27 gap on 15 psi.
How do you know or tell when your spark is being blow away?
im running 9 heat range .27 gap on 15 psi.
Looks like you are already down that road.
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Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (Flamenco-T)
.035 Gap, NGK BKR7E, MSD 6A, 8psi
too much gap IMO, I'd do .030 ish
too much gap IMO, I'd do .030 ish
I played with some plug gaps before the MSD, and found that I yielded the least amount of detonation on the electrode at that gap.
Since MSD went on, still saw no problems, but never bothered to lower it either.
We'll see what happens.
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Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (psi420)
.035 Gap, NGK BKR7E, MSD 6A, 8psi
too much gap IMO, I'd do .030 ish
I'll try that with some new plugs and see what happens.
I played with some plug gaps before the MSD, and found that I yielded the least amount of detonation on the electrode at that gap.
Since MSD went on, still saw no problems, but never bothered to lower it either.
We'll see what happens.
too much gap IMO, I'd do .030 ish
I'll try that with some new plugs and see what happens.
I played with some plug gaps before the MSD, and found that I yielded the least amount of detonation on the electrode at that gap.
Since MSD went on, still saw no problems, but never bothered to lower it either.
We'll see what happens.
I was bheghe on the old H-A.net days...
stan
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Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (Flamenco-T)
.035 Gap, NGK BKR7E, MSD 6A, 8psi
too much gap IMO, I'd do .030 ish
I'll try that with some new plugs and see what happens.
I played with some plug gaps before the MSD, and found that I yielded the least amount of detonation on the electrode at that gap.
Since MSD went on, still saw no problems, but never bothered to lower it either.
We'll see what happens.
you're psi420 from honda-acura.net ? isn't the GS-R your gf's ? and you had the CRX ?
I was bheghe on the old H-A.net days...
stan
too much gap IMO, I'd do .030 ish
I'll try that with some new plugs and see what happens.
I played with some plug gaps before the MSD, and found that I yielded the least amount of detonation on the electrode at that gap.
Since MSD went on, still saw no problems, but never bothered to lower it either.
We'll see what happens.
you're psi420 from honda-acura.net ? isn't the GS-R your gf's ? and you had the CRX ?
I was bheghe on the old H-A.net days...
stan
Took the GSR off her hands, bought her an MDX, and sold the EG-h22
Some guy in Moreno Valley is enjoying Snowball, beware, she's still a sleeper turning 12's on the street.
And the GSR has had quite a bit of changes since then.
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From: Planet BOOOST
Re: All boosted motors - plug gap (Dublocivic)
Nice...nice...Looks like pretty much everyone here are running tight gaps. I'm not getting good # and wondering if the gap is one of the problems. However its not tuned tho and running rich as hell..
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