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xtreme6669
09-29-2005, 06:19 AM
http://performanceunlimited.com/documents/plugsidegapping.html

awesome little trick i found while doing some web surfing...
KREWZER
09-29-2005, 11:49 PM
sounds like it makes sense, but why dont spark plugs just come like that?
platinumDAK
09-30-2005, 12:02 AM
wont that just weaken the spark by spreading it out..or im i completely wrong since i dont know much about spark plug science??
KREWZER
09-30-2005, 12:19 AM
i dont know why it would "weaken" the spark, if its however many volts comin from the tip, it should still be that many volts when it hits the ground thing...as long as its close enough for it to reach it.
platinumDAK
09-30-2005, 01:25 AM
isnt the distance between the spark and ground increased???

and i know air is not a conductor..yea its only min loss but a loss rite?

couldnt you relate it to a shotgun like how closer to the blast the more power recieve and farther away less power??

now i may be completely wrong since im talkin about what i rember from highschool science class...so let me know..
mean green F150
09-30-2005, 04:15 AM
actually, it is .010 CLOSER then it was stock, you have to re gap it once its done.

im going to have to try this on my snowmobile this winter, but i run br9-es plugs, i know i have to run those because they are hotte plugs, so would i be better off doing this with a cooler plug?
KREWZER
09-30-2005, 01:39 PM
isnt the distance between the spark and ground increased???

and i know air is not a conductor..yea its only min loss but a loss rite?

couldnt you relate it to a shotgun like how closer to the blast the more power recieve and farther away less power??

now i may be completely wrong since im talkin about what i rember from highschool science class...so let me know..

well shit, then u might be right because i dont remember anything from highschool, :jester:
platinumDAK
10-01-2005, 01:07 AM
oh shit must missed the re-gap part..sounds like it would work

yea i dont rember much from school..must be the only shit that could be useful like electricity,money,weights&measurements..and drugs :biggthump
KREWZER
10-01-2005, 01:20 AM
dont know about the drugs part, but definitely the money part! :biggthump Well looks like ima be pullin out my new Autolites and doing that side gapping and trying that indexing trick too, something else i can add to my "mods" list.
Sam Cler
10-25-2005, 05:13 AM
Hey DownBoi, Did you try the side gapping? I'm interested but want to know if it works first. The gap would be set to .025 if used with the autolite 3923's. That seems extremely small considering stock recommends .040 or .035 depending on the year.
KREWZER
10-25-2005, 05:59 AM
no i didnt do it, and even if i did, i wouldnt be able to tell u if it did anything, wont have my license back till March :cussing:
chester_peabody
10-25-2005, 07:56 AM
no licence til march?????? how did you meet up with rlg??? You didn't have your mom drive you did ya!!!! lol :jester: This seems like it would work but give you shortened plug life. That's the side effect of having less electrode to wear.
danpfay99
10-25-2005, 08:01 AM
I did this to my 03, 4.7L , carefully cut them then regapped to 25 & put em in the truck.To be honest could not tell if it did any good, but it sure didn't hurt either. maybe if you were wot all the time you could tell a diff. but not everyday driving.
KREWZER
10-25-2005, 08:12 AM
no licence til march?????? how did you meet up with rlg??? You didn't have your mom drive you did ya!!!! lol :jester: This seems like it would work but give you shortened plug life. That's the side effect of having less electrode to wear.

yeah, got a DUI so i lost my license for a year....She came and got me :biggthump My mom lives in Germany, where ill be goin in December for three months