srothfuss
Last night I stabbed the same guy 7 times in a row
The steel threads of the plug can corroide in the aluminum head and you won't beable to get them out (worst case scenerio)
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Thanks Kevin - I was pretty sure that was the case. This is the second time in a week I have seen 24/25's mentioned for alum heads, which just did not seem right as far as I knew. I brought that same question up on the other thread and the poster stating to use 24's never repied back.
But since I dont know about all alum heads, I figured I was missing something.
But since I dont know about all alum heads, I figured I was missing something.
04sleeper
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No problem JT. I have had several cars with aluminum heads as well as working on a few of my friends cars with aluminum as well.
One time a friend tried to use some 24's and stripped the head.
He didn't know about it either.
One time a friend tried to use some 24's and stripped the head.
He didn't know about it either.
fox racer
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wow..i was told to gap to like .053-54 ish.. not .045-44 im wayyy off (Gt40 turbo swirls, cobra intake, soo long tubes etc) will this be hurting me alot?
04sleeper
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Some will work OK with up to .053-.054. Each car responds a little different due to different ignition systems. Mine have always been safe and worked good with .045. Even when I had an MSD 6AL.
fox racer
Member
ok cool, the only ignition upgrades i have are FRPP 9 mm wires, new cap rotor, and a jacobs coil
04sleeper
Founding Member
I gap mine the same as Kevin, though some like to nitpick that decision. If you do gap it at .054" or more, and find the ignition cutting out at higher revs, you can upgrade the ignition or close the gap. My ignition supports 0.056" but I still run at 0.046". Just a personal preference.
DMAN302
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I find stock gap works well with mine..but honestly I've never tried anything else. I really question people when they say this type or that type did or didn't work..I think most every plug on the market today will work decent, wether they are plat's Vgroove, indexed, or plain old autolights...but that's just my thinking.
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DMAN302 said:
I think most plugs will work fine - BUT - the fact that this set of heads calls for a plug that will extend it's spark deeper into the combustion chamber than stock or iron heads is where my thoughts are - i think that if my bosche platinums reached far enough in, i'd leave them in, but they are just stock replacements -
On that note, I am not a fan of Plat plugs in EFI 5.0's. Plat does not conduct nearly as well as copper (annealed). Some folks notice a diminished idle and high RPM cut out with plats. Since 5.0 Plugs are relatively accessible, running copper (which suffers more gap erosion than plat) plugs is a good decision.
Plus, one has to be very careful when gapping plats (a drag-style gapping tool that scrapes the ground strap and electrode can scrape the plat off).
Plus, one has to be very careful when gapping plats (a drag-style gapping tool that scrapes the ground strap and electrode can scrape the plat off).
DMAN302
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Dbeck002
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DMAN302 said:
I was having no issues with the old plugs. They were less than a year old.
I pulled the car once, it made 289 HP.
The shop tuner asks me what plugs i was using, i told him regular autolites.
He told me use 3924s, we install them and make a pull. I made 302.4 rwhp..
Simple as that.
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