Re: Back to the Intake Backfiring - #$%#$%ing car

["Dennis Berman" <dberman@nortelnetworks.com>]

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> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:42:17 -0700
> From: xyzabcde@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: Back to the Intake Backfiring - #$%#$%ing car
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> Hi all,
> 
> I tried splitfires once in my '67B and the car suddenly barely ran.  The plug
> ads claim that there is more spark from more sparking area on the plug.  But
> electricity follows the path of least resistance--the spark will only jump 
>from
> one point.  So, as far as I can tell, the split in the plug just makes it
> impossible to gap the thing correctly since it's impossible to tell where the
> spark will start.
> 
> Any of you engineers out there care to correct my uninformed assumptions? ;-)
> 
> Denise Thorpe
> 
> Michael Graziano said:
> > 8. Oh yeah,  the plugs are splitfires - less than 1K miles on them
> 



Hi Denise,

   I agree with your "uninformed assumptions".

   I wont run with the splitfires primarily because
   they cause the engine to run hotter.

   Use the plugs designed for the MG.
   Preferably the resistor type.

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Regards,

Dennis Berman
444.8352

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