LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

#8 Plug is really really loose.

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Old 03-22-2006, 03:17 PM
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Default #8 Plug is really really loose.

I was driving home today and my exhaust was poping a lot when i was off the throttle. I got on it and could hear anything but thats most likely because of my open headers. I checkd the wires and plugs and the #8 plug is so loose its almost falling out. Why all the sudden would my plug be this loose? Is this whats causing my wierd sounding exhaust?
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yea your probably loosing compression in that cyl.. tighten it down carefully to make sure it ain't stripped...
Old 03-22-2006, 04:55 PM
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So tighten it. A lot of people don't tighten the back ones as much cause they're "hard to get to".
Old 03-22-2006, 08:32 PM
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You said you're running headers, if you want the easiest way to get to number 8, take the starter out and you're staring right at it.
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Well i looked at all my wires again and it was #4,8,3 that were loose. Ive tightend all them up and now my exhaust sounds a lot better.
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good to hear, get that thing running good for april 1st, I need someone to race.
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Well ted, ive decided to order a mailorder tune from madz28 and then during the 2 weeks before the highschool race im gona do my cam swap.
Its gona be sweet this year man, with your boosted Speed Density and my N/A, mmmm the blis.




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