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Plug gap for aluminum heads?

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fidstang

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Just wondering what gap everyone is running on their N/A aluminum head applications?
 

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Same gap as stock around .053", I played with gap when using my MSD since they say you can go wider and I never saw any improvents when data logging. I actaully had high success with a .040" gap on my old NA combo, they burned better.

It depends on you head, quench are and cam timing, start at .053" and go from there.
 

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Rick 91GT said:
Same gap as stock around .053", I played with gap when using my MSD since they say you can go wider and I never saw any improvents when data logging. I actaully had high success with a .040" gap on my old NA combo, they burned better.

It depends on you head, quench are and cam timing, start at .053" and go from there.
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Thanks, I'll give that a try. For some reason they were gapped at .036".
 
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