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Re: Spark Plugs

To: Tomislav Marincic <TomAndKate@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Spark Plugs
From: Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:30:08 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: Triumph list <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Tomislav Marincic wrote:

>         Bob,

Hi.

>         Regarding spark plugs, it was the early cars that used the hotter
> N12Y's, the later ones (and the PI cars) used the colder N9Y's. I agree
> it's
> counterintuitive based only on compression, but perhaps other factors
> were at work making the engines run hotter after 1973 despite the lower
> CR?

Okay. I've been using the wrong plugs for 25 years.

FWIW, in my '74 I tried using the Accel equiv. of the N9Y, they kept 
fouling. I'm using the N12Y equiv. now and they work fine.

>         Anyway, my TR250 owner's manual says N12Y and the Bentley
> confirms it for pre-'73 TR6's on page 51.

Okay.

>         Best Regards,
> 
>         Tom Marincic
>         CD3574L

Later,
rml

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