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Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese View Post
I ended up trying a copper core and gapped it a bit larger. There was a noticeable difference in pickup and no change in MPG. Might be something to look into. Only downside is having to change them every 10K miles.
Funny you should mention that. Slight idle roughness on a 2014 Honda CR-V on Monday. Got my search on and forum guys were bee-otching about how the gap from the factory was a few thousandths smaller than the recommended 0.044". Opening them up to 0.045" from 0.042" made a difference they said AND the difference noted was exactly as you said. Performance up, fuel mileage static.

I did that and it noticeably smoothed out and owner agreed. I did clean off the MAF as well so I can't quite take that to the bank as a certainty but I am now aware.
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