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Well, I can tell ya the that in the classic car circle I hang out in the belief is that these plugs are a bunch of "snake oil". Meaning, none of those guys believe the plugs are worth buying because it's likely that they do nothing better than regular plugs w/ a good ignition box.
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I know the gapping for my other cars but dont know the gap for the lancer and EVO. The long reach DG plugs are already configured for a WRX STI for testing at Fourstar on the dyno next week
Well, I can tell ya the that in the classic car circle I hang out in the belief is that these plugs are a bunch of "snake oil". Meaning, none of those guys believe the plugs are worth buying because it's likely that they do nothing better than regular plugs w/ a good ignition box.
nunyas, not disrespect, You can fully well disagree with the product if you like but try to keep it grounded to something, or even make reference to something that you did read so that it adds something to the collective pool.
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Multi-spark systems (plugs or other wise) see the most gains in engines that have incomplete burn characteristics, and if you're engine is severely short of having complete combustion then you've got other issues to deal with before addressing how many times your ignition is sparking per hole. So, just popping in a set of dual sparking plugs won't have that much gain in our modern cars that burn so clean that the exhaust encourages grass to grow in the muffler...
I could be wrong though... I'd like to see the independent dynos back up the marketing dynos before I run out and buy a set of these plugs, IF I ever decide that I want to drop that kind of cash on a set of spark plugs.
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I wouldn't say it's "like saying an evo isn't any better than a civic with 20000$ in modifications under the hood", because in the classics the biggest difference between a single spark iggy box and a points system is in the annual maintenance. As far as dual spark boxes go, the gains are so minimal that they fall within the 'margin of error' when it comes to measuring WHP. So, they don't even bother with them, especially on a street car. One of the favorite arguments those guys use is, "If they're ~that~ good then why aren't all new cars equipped with them as standard?"
Multi-spark systems (plugs or other wise) see the most gains in engines that have incomplete burn characteristics, and if you're engine is severely short of having complete combustion then you've got other issues to deal with before addressing how many times your ignition is sparking per hole. So, just popping in a set of dual sparking plugs won't have that much gain in our modern cars that burn so clean that the exhaust encourages grass to grow in the muffler...
I could be wrong though... I'd like to see the independent dynos back up the marketing dynos before I run out and buy a set of these plugs, IF I ever decide that I want to drop that kind of cash on a set of spark plugs.
Multi-spark systems (plugs or other wise) see the most gains in engines that have incomplete burn characteristics, and if you're engine is severely short of having complete combustion then you've got other issues to deal with before addressing how many times your ignition is sparking per hole. So, just popping in a set of dual sparking plugs won't have that much gain in our modern cars that burn so clean that the exhaust encourages grass to grow in the muffler...
I could be wrong though... I'd like to see the independent dynos back up the marketing dynos before I run out and buy a set of these plugs, IF I ever decide that I want to drop that kind of cash on a set of spark plugs.