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What is the spark plug gap for a 302 with a 100 shot of nitrous? The plug I am using are auto lite 104.
 

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Factory gap is .54 most guys use .10 under so .44 and set timing at 14 deg to start with.
 
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Four eyed Maude said:
Factory gap is .54 most guys use .10 under so .44 and set timing at 14 deg to start with.
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Thanks most people i've seen either say .50 or .54 if it helps or affects the gap I am running gt40p heads
 

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.54 is one helluva sparkplug gap lol, think you guys meant .054
 
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