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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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Curious about what you guys would recommend... my car seems pretty sensitive right now at higher rpm and load, kinda running rough. Of fuel/air/spark, I strongly suspect spark might be the culprit. The 2 bar SD tune was running just fine a few months ago.

T67 at 11 psi
forged 346, AFR 225's 72cc
224/224/114, 0.588
compression ~ 9.2:1 or so

What plug and gap would be optimal? Anything new on the market in the last few years that delivers better spark for FI?

Thanks in advance for any help...
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copper only. Gap on your set up could be pretty high probably. I d bet 030-035 would be ok.

I ussually run autolite 103's @ 025 to 028 gap. I ve run them up to 20 psi on 346's to 370's.
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 04:36 PM
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I'm thinking of sticking with the NGK TR6 plugs, but gapping them as you suggest between 0.025 and 0.028. I think the present plugs were gapped at closer to 0.035.
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