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Topic subject	How often do you foul your plugs?
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53987, How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by Axewhlder, Aug-13-03 12:45 PM I swear if I drive the car for more than 300 miles and boost pretty well my plugs are fucked. Whenever I pull them they have a really nice layer of black soot on them. When I'm at WOT @ 5psi I'm usually in the .96-1.01 stage. I always lean to the side of safety and run it rich. I have NGK's with a .34 gap on them and the vortech sfmu. Anyone know what I can do to get some more life out of my plugs?
53990, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by Eclipse2NR, Aug-13-03 01:24 PM 300 miles on a set of plugs? Damm, that would get expensive! Perhaps you could be richer than you think. What kind of EGT's are you seeing during long boost pulls? 1996 Eclipse RS / 5-Speed / Body Components by Aerogear / Coated in Magnetic Red Metallic v2 - More at http://home.insightbb.com/~mgalyan/ Mark Galyan - Greenwood, Indiana
53992, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by Axewhlder, Aug-13-03 01:53 PM If I do a nice pull up a hill in 3rd I may see 1425-1450. Although when I'm on the highway I'm kicking at about 1500-1550. Around town it rarely goes over 1350.
54013, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by Eclipse2NR, Aug-13-03 05:23 PM Those numbers sound pretty good. Not sure on this one... I'm not much of a spark plug expert, but I know some of these guys around here can help... 1996 Eclipse RS / 5-Speed / Body Components by Aerogear / Coated in Magnetic Red Metallic v2 - More at http://home.insightbb.com/~mgalyan/ Mark Galyan - Greenwood, Indiana
54015, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by Axewhlder, Aug-13-03 05:33 PM I also upgraded the wires and the coilpack to the screamin demon too. I'll change them one more time and see if it helps. Sure did take care of my misfire that's for sure.
54020, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by 95greenhrcgs, Aug-13-03 05:57 PM While we are on the subject of spark plugs.....( I searched till I was tired )............what is the part number for plugs that are one range colder? Thanks.
54033, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by Axewhlder, Aug-13-03 07:16 PM I dont know the part number for the NGK's I use unfortunatly. They're definetly good plugs. I've been using them for about a year or so.
54034, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by hkillr, Aug-13-03 07:21 PM 1 range colder ngk's are bkre7-11. the number is what you look at. 6 is stock, 7 is 1 colder.
54055, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by 95greenhrcgs, Aug-14-03 06:49 AM Thanks for the info. In general if you foul your plugs, do you have to scrap them or can you clean em off and re-gap if necessary. Whenever I thought that I had fouled my plugs, I just tossed them in the trash
54094, RE: How often do you foul your plugs? Posted by Axewhlder, Aug-15-03 01:56 PM I usually just clean mine off gently with a wire brush and throw 'em back in. I was wondering if there was some sort of solution I could dip them in to clean them off without killing the plugs also.