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Old 11-15-2009, 02:04 AM
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I have a 2002 camaro, i recently put a set of ngk plugs in it and ever since that it has a missfire,i was wondering since i have atick polluter cam and ls6 heads do i gap the plugs diff from the stock gaping. and also what would be a good plug to run in it?
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You probably cracked one while installing them. Take them out one at a time, inspect and re-gap each, replace broken ones. NGK TR6 is fine @ 0.035.
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^^ yep or maybe you didnt seat the wire good enough. .041-.035 is good on the TR6's IIRC they come gapped at .041
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which plugs did you put in... the tr55's part number in most stors is 3951 and that is pregapped.
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My guess would be a wire off (or as said above cracked during installation). If you don't hear a distinct click try again. I had a lot of problems with MSD wires and switched to GM LS7 wires because I couldn't get them on very good after my hand injury last year. I had a lot of misfire issues as a result. The GM's seem to go on better and definitely "click".
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I have found quite a few bad plugs lately they have had no cracks or visual defects but have had weak to no spark at all.
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cracked plug, thats what mine was
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sounds like a plug wire problem




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