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What gap to use on NGK tr55s?

Old 08-29-2007, 08:13 AM
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Should I gap at .050 or .055? I use the car (2001 formula with bolt-ons) for street and bracket racing..thanks
Old 08-29-2007, 08:34 AM
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Either is fine.
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I have used 0.050" for the last 90,000 miles and works fine.
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have mine at .055. not a big difference between the 2
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The biggest thing is to have them all be the same. thats bout it.
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Factory gap is 0.060 I gapped mine at 0.059
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sure there is more to it then just gapping. what mods are oyu running?
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I gap mine at .050 also.
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Car has a 3,600 stall and 3.73s with lid and pulley. Runs low 12s @110 with a 1.60 60'.
Question, I have 4 years and 9,000 miles on current ngk plugs and taylor wires, is it too soon to change them? I do lots of bracket racing..
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Originally Posted by omcar
Car has a 3,600 stall and 3.73s with lid and pulley. Runs low 12s @110 with a 1.60 60'.
Question, I have 4 years and 9,000 miles on current ngk plugs and taylor wires, is it too soon to change them? I do lots of bracket racing..
i always change 'em every 10k miles but....that's just me

tr55 rock! the new iridiums seem to do well also, nitrous and blowers guys luv 'em!

but i luv 2 dollar plugs!
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i think they say that the more mods/hp you have the lower you need to make the gap right? so if the stock plug gap is .060 and i have just bolt-ons (lt's/ory/cai/lid/ported tb) i should gap mine at what .050?
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Ripper- anywhere between .050 and .060 and you'll be fine. I had mine at .055 on my cam only Z28. You don't want to go smaller than .050 though and if you are running H/C, spray or some type of other power adder then you'll want to run TR6s
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Originally Posted by Z28/2002
Ripper- anywhere between .050 and .060 and you'll be fine. I had mine at .055 on my cam only Z28. You don't want to go smaller than .050 though and if you are running H/C, spray or some type of other power adder then you'll want to run TR6s
thanks for the advice!
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Yep, I'm running a healthy 11:1 H/C combo and have the TR6's gapped at .043.
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mine are .055. Youll be fine there.
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I always run them right out of the box, which I believe is .055. Check them all to make sure that they are the same gap.


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