properly gapped plugs for the win
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:00 am
when i first got my leggy a couple years ago, i replaced the plugs and wires..
i was bone stock. i knew nothing about subes and everything i knew about cars i had learnt myself.
anyways, while replacing the plugs i came up with this knowlege.
if i gap the plugs a little bigger, they i will burn the fuel better. so i gapped them at 48.
so a couple years later i started thinking about my plugs because i've been running higher boost for a while now and hadnt thought to check them.
anyways i pulled them, then checked them. 48-50. thats when i rememered why i gapped them like that. 1 plug had a little oil on the top so i guess it wasnt quite tight.
so, i dropped each plug down to 30-32, and snugged them all firm.
then i went for a ride. i was expecting a little difference. but i was definitely thrown back in my seat harded. hesitation is gone, and that miss i've been having on hill climbs is gone. i'm stoked and feel a little stupid for my previous knowledge of gapping plugs.
i'm wondering about my gas mileage? i think i'll see an improvement there too.
i wonder what made the biggest difference. the not so tight plug or the gap.
i was bone stock. i knew nothing about subes and everything i knew about cars i had learnt myself.
anyways, while replacing the plugs i came up with this knowlege.
if i gap the plugs a little bigger, they i will burn the fuel better. so i gapped them at 48.
so a couple years later i started thinking about my plugs because i've been running higher boost for a while now and hadnt thought to check them.
anyways i pulled them, then checked them. 48-50. thats when i rememered why i gapped them like that. 1 plug had a little oil on the top so i guess it wasnt quite tight.
so, i dropped each plug down to 30-32, and snugged them all firm.
then i went for a ride. i was expecting a little difference. but i was definitely thrown back in my seat harded. hesitation is gone, and that miss i've been having on hill climbs is gone. i'm stoked and feel a little stupid for my previous knowledge of gapping plugs.
i'm wondering about my gas mileage? i think i'll see an improvement there too.
i wonder what made the biggest difference. the not so tight plug or the gap.