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Re: Water Wetter Side Gapping SplitFire PTFE Additives etc...

To: mgs@autox.team.net, "MarcusTooze" <tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil>
Subject: Re: Water Wetter Side Gapping SplitFire PTFE Additives etc...
From: "Ramm, Andy" <ARAMM@sv.tbgi.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 10:18:31 -0400
Marcus Tooze writes:

>>Whats side gapping?



Side gapping is the fine and delicate art of cutting the electrode of 
your spark plug and re-bending/gapping it so that the spark fires 
sideways or at an angle.  The theory was that this exposes the spark to 
more of the compressed charge, same theory as splitfire.  Drag race 
tuners have used this for years, but who knows.  Seems that manufacturers 
would sell side-gapped plugs if this really made a difference.  Just like 
monkey snot, which does not clog filters, IMHO, but is more difficult to 
pour into the crankcase than PTFE additives.  I may cut up some plugs to 
try it out.



Cheers,



Andy

Smidgin




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