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Foul plug after intake install?

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  • Start date Start date Jan 1, 2004

Fox Saleen 163

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Is it common or normal to foul out a plug after swapping intake manifolds? It might have been like this before, but I doubt it because it was running good and the plugs are only a month old. Although, it was running good after the install too, just not as strong as I had hoped. All of the plugs had a weird coloring to them, I guess from the coolant and oil that got into them. But, number 8 was black as could be. What do you guys think it's from?

I was running NGK's, I just put in a new set of Autolite 25's. I'm going for a test drive, I'll let you know the results when I get back.
 

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All I can say is new plugs are your friend. The car idled pretty good for running on 7 cylinders. I need to get some headers before dyno day.
 
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