Spark plugs

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Spark plugs

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anyone toyed around with surface gap spark plugs in an astron?
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.028" to .032" depends on the comp,cam,plug,feul,and
many other variables but its down to .004 thou now
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im talking about using these type of plugs

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ok lol, ive never seen those, wouldnt the spark be too close to the plug and not ignite the fuel as well?
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shuggy wrote:ok lol, ive never seen those, wouldnt the spark be too close to the plug and not ignite the fuel as well?
Top fuel cars run them so i asume they work well

theres variants for all types of engines
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It would be a tad difficult to change the gap... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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i run those in our alcohol engine thay work well but foul
easily but this is due ot mecanical injection (and only varing
the air supply
but give them a run i think you will find that there is no gain
to be had with an astron unless your boosting high psi
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