RE: plugs and wires
Good advice JP, the little tools to check the gap are usually very cheap (a buck or so). On my last plug change I did the "round off" of the corners on the electrode mod. I honestly couldn't tell any difference at all but it usually takes at least 10 hp to be felt in the "seat of your pants" dyno I use. It probably works but the gain is hard to feel.
Getting back to the basic plugs and plug life, although the stock plugs are part of the 100,000 mile tune up hype, they are so easy to change it's laughable....if you have the right tools
. I change mine now once a year which is usually around 10,000 to 15,000 miles. I use the copper plugs because although they don't have the life of the stock platiums you do get better performance and are cheap. I first changed mine at about 30,000 miles and was amazed at the performance difference.
Last year while driving up to Carlisle I developed a skip and thought is might be a bad plug. I picked up a new set at WalMart and changed them in the motel parking lot in about 15 to 20 minutes (I do carry the right tools
) so it can be done quickly.....however what I had was really a bad plug wire
.
** Bill **
1995 LSC-R'ed w/Recaro's and Cobra R's
Veteran of Carlisle 2000/01/02
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