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Old 07-12-2005, 10:59 AM   #17
hippy
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I make a lot of people laugh, but I don't mind spouting...... So you have no proof that a bigger gap would make more power? I do see your point, but 99% of the things you listed have to do with cost, safety, ride quality, emissions, and/or longevity in mind. Changing the gap a little bigger probably wouldn't hurt ride quality, emissions, and definately wouldn't hurt cost. The only two things left(as far as I can tell) are longevity and safety. I do enough things to my car that hurting the longevity of parts or how safe they are any more just to test and see if a larger gap will make a tiny bit more power that I probably would never feel isn't top priority.

Time to babble a little more for your enjoyment. I run n2o every once in a while(maybe once or twice a week), and I've heard that running platinum plugs could cause problems with n2o. I've never actually tried it myself, and don't really understand how running platinum plugs would make a difference compared to other types of plugs(it's beyond me if they really make a difference), but I don't use them anyways. I beleive in the saying(this saying is gonna come back to me, I can feel it), "dumb people don't learn from their mistakes, smart people learn from their mistakes, and wise people learn from other peoples mistakes", and that's why I don't use platinum spark plugs with n2o. Not saying that they wouldn't work fine, but there're enough people who say that they cause problems that I don't need to test the theory(since other plugs are said to have no problems).

In the same way, when subaru says to run a .028-.031 gap, and ngk says to make the gap smaller with more power, I don't feel the need to test how big I can make the gap b4 the engine starts to misfire, preignite, or wear ignition parts quicker. There're people who test these things every day(like people at subaru and ngk), and maybe when there're enough people who put up some hard facts I will do it too. I'd rather be wise then smart though.

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