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Subject:Re: Cut you sparkplugs
From:Michael Ramer
Date:Thu, 27 Dec 2001 08:15:34 -0800

Hmmm...'Bosch Triple Electrode' or the 'Splitfire Triple Platinum' would be
the ones to try, vs. modified OEM?
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Denis" <NotaJeep@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: Cut you sparkplugs

> In a message dated 12/27/01 8:00:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> zavlomja@EC-RED.COM writes:
>
> << You should really try this at home, LOL
>   >>
>
> Sure...go ahead...why not?..however HAVE a spare set of plugs handy.
>
> I've spent years indexing plugs and the WBX really LIKES the triple (self
> indexing?) electrode plugs. There IS some relevance to the position on the
> spark plug electrodes...BIG change?..Ummm no...in a super high
> compression/supercharged engine you CAN shield the gap or cause the spark
to
> "blow out" with improper positioning. On the van?...Send a set of plugs so
> modified to Bob for his next dyno run...as He pointed out, seat of the
pants
> is not the same as actual performance
>
> steve....

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