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Help with plug gap
For various reasons I want to try a set of NGK plugs, I am also unsure of the plug gap that the original builder settled on when he used Bosch coppers.
Please help me get a good starting point or at least point me in the direction that will help me learn a good starting point. Through search of this sight a have a new set of NGK BP8ES plugs. The engine: 2.7 with RS P&Cs, matched and ported heads S cams 40 webers Permatune The engine is very well sorted - with the only real change of late being new plugs (Bosche platinum) - engine isn't running bad....but it does not seem as "crisp" Autox and track day car Thanks in advance guys! Don
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05-31-2007, 08:45 AM
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I run my NGK BP7ES at .036 and they run great.
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05-31-2007, 11:37 AM
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I use BP7ES at about 1.3mm and they work great.
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Thats quite a bit larger than the .036 quoted above. I installed the BP8ES at .036 last night - all I was able to do was start up and idle last night (being kind to my neighbors). I have an autocross this weekend - we'll see how they work. Anyone have a good source to read up on how to evaluate gap in order to determine if a change +/- should be tested? just curiosity Don
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Your coil type will dictate the gap. I assume that you run a stock coil so you should keep gap at stock specs. If you were running coil packs then you can run .05 gap. Over-gapping a plug usually results in over heating the coil.
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At the end of my journey thru the tuning of my 2.7, I found an MSD 6AL, MSD Hi-vibration coil, 8.5 mm Magnacore wires, & NGK BP7ES plugs gapped at .05....humpf, where did that stuff come from?
I have 9.7:1 compression, Solex cams ( great AX cams, I've found), & the infamous Webers. It's been trouble free for 5-6 years...he said while knocking wood. 
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2.2E stroked to 2.4E
Webers BP6ES @.045 Crane XR3000 Ignition PS-91 coil Clewett Wires 9.6:1 Compression E cams Over 165 HP at the wheels
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