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Subject:Re: spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Fri, 8 Sep 2000 22:54:17 +1200

>speaking of spark plugs... inline-4 engines in Ford (and Mazda) trucks
>(Rangers) have two spark plugs per cylinder!? Yep, crazy stuff.  So is
>that then 8 sparks at a time?! Out of control

Alfa Romeo's Twinspark engines have used twin plugs for years. They still
don't go any better than their competitors...any more than VW's 5-valvers
do.

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6
1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
1989 CE90 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel van/wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel

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