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Subject:Re: spark plug orientation affects performance?
From:David Schwarze
Date:Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:36:29 -0800 (PST)

Sami Dakhlia writes:
> 
> I read somewhere that it may be advantageous to install spark plugs so
> that their open end faces the intake valve.  This can be achieved with the
> help of washers. This is to prevent the spark from occuring in the shadow 
> created by the electrode. Comments?

Isn't that referred as "degreeing the spark plug"?  I have heard of this
being done in racing engines.

-David

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