- 1. Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:19:46 -0500
- Just bought me some new Bosch Platinum I'm running the Mallory Chrome coil with ballast. I have had the head shaved .020 Running the original Stromberg carb. Have a long Flow header installed with Mo
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- 2. Re: Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:05:19 -0400
- Craig, I recently put a Crane PS20 40kv coil with ballast in my 76. Crane recommended 35-45 thou. for the plug gap. I set at 44 thou (easiest with my feeler guages and she runs fine. I think Pat is r
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- 3. RE: Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:36:06 -0500
- Thanks guys. I am going to go to about .042 They are set at .032 out of the box, but my old way of sticking the blade of a screwdriver in the gap and giving it a good twist is going to ruin these plu
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00676.html (8,644 bytes)
- 4. Re: Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 15:55:19 -0400
- Craig, I use a set of small needle-nose pliers to adjust my plugs. Also I don't think the wire is anything special, but the current is will have to take is probably in the region of 5 amps (assuming
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00679.html (9,951 bytes)
- 5. Re: Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:38:35 -0400
- I have a '71 with POSSIBLE head work (It runs suspiciously faster than it should), Monza exhaust and an Accel 45,000V coil ... I ran my old set of platinums at .025, and this year's set are at .030 w
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00698.html (7,790 bytes)
- 6. Re: Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:41:05 -0400
- Bosch recommends using a wire-type feeler, and a claw-type gapper-thingy that just grabs and bends the ground electrode. The platinum centre electrode can be damaged by scraping a wedge-type gapper a
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00699.html (7,073 bytes)
- 7. RE: Plugs (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 07:28:11 -0500
- I gapped them to .042 and installed last night. Drove it to work this AM, seems to run much smoother than the old Deutsch plugs. Since I shaved the head I can't get the timing anywhere near 8 degrees
- /html/spitfires/2000-07/msg00701.html (7,649 bytes)
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