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- From: adh@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay)
- Subject: Re: Spark plug specs and old cars
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 11:32:59 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Oct16.113259.16349@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <sffcu.6@cuais01.cc.columbia.edu> <1992Oct15.174409.14081@miki.pictel.com> <sffcu.8@cuais01.cc.columbia.edu>
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- In article <sffcu.8@cuais01.cc.columbia.edu> sffcu@cuais01.cc.columbia.edu (Stewart Feuerstein) writes:
- "In article <1992Oct15.174409.14081@miki.pictel.com> harling@miki.pictel.com (Dan Harling) writes:
- ">I was always under the impression that the heat range was at least
- ">related to the length of the plug; i.e., how far into the heads they
- ">extend.
- []
- " Daniel,
- " The threads should be the same, I have heard that longer threads can
- "cause problems with the piston hitting the plug and also with the sharp
- "threads becoming very hot and causing preignition.
-
- also, the threads can carbon up, doing *major* damage to the heads
- when you remove the plugs.
- this was a standard warning to vw beetle mechanics: *not* to substitute
- 1/2" (12.7mm) reach plugs for 12mm (.472") reach plugs.
-
- " As I understand it the
- "heat range is determined by the heat transfer characteristics of the
- "insulator (how thick or thin it is). The length of the insulator and tip
- "(extended tip) can also have a bearing on the heat range. However I have
- "always thought that it was all taken into account in the heat range number.
- "So that a 14 extended tip plug will run about as hot as a 14 non-extended
- "tip.
-
- gibes with what i know... extended-tip plugs are supposed to run
- cleaner because they're more exposed and closer to the combustion
- center, not because they're hotter.
-
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- Andrew Hay | I am not an expert, |
- a_d_hay@att.com | but I play one on the Internet! |
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