Pulstar Q Capasitor Pulse Plugs
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Pulstar Q Capasitor Pulse Plugs Anyone used these? waste of time? do anything special...lol?
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found some PDF's on their website:
https://admin.pulstar.com/pdf/modified_April2008.pdf
When we
baselined the car we got a best of 239.7 whp,
which was right on the mark with all of SG’s
previous testing.
After that we installed the Pulstar pulse
plugs and made five consecutive pulls on
the dyno. The best run was a shocking
250.1 whp. That’s a gain of 10.4whp,
https://admin.pulstar.com/pdf/modified_April2008.pdf
When we
baselined the car we got a best of 239.7 whp,
which was right on the mark with all of SG’s
previous testing.
After that we installed the Pulstar pulse
plugs and made five consecutive pulls on
the dyno. The best run was a shocking
250.1 whp. That’s a gain of 10.4whp,
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This image in this PDF looks pretty cool, where you can see just how big the spark or pulse is compared to a normal plug.
https://admin.pulstar.com/pdf/dsport_march2008.pdf
https://admin.pulstar.com/pdf/dsport_march2008.pdf
I saw this too but my question is..how do you gap these "plugs" what are the guidelines if any for proper pulse/spark or do you just throw them in any gasoline engine and get instant power and gas mileage lol?
This is interesting-thanks O.N. for bringing this up.
The theory looks good. Store some joules in a capacitor to get a hotted spark. This is the same idea as Nology capacitive wires-it adds a capacitor of some kind to the spark plug, Does it add power and fuel economy? I found some independent tests. One showed no improvement the other a slight improvement.
http://www.carbibles.com/productreviews_pulstar.html
http://www.sparkplugs.com/sparkplug4...-+SRT-4&mfid=0
I've used the WeaponX zero Ohm spark plugs and their low Ohms wire sets with good results. I haven't done any dyno testing but did get some better fuel economy. I think I'll stick with WeaponX.
The theory looks good. Store some joules in a capacitor to get a hotted spark. This is the same idea as Nology capacitive wires-it adds a capacitor of some kind to the spark plug, Does it add power and fuel economy? I found some independent tests. One showed no improvement the other a slight improvement.
http://www.carbibles.com/productreviews_pulstar.html
http://www.sparkplugs.com/sparkplug4...-+SRT-4&mfid=0
I've used the WeaponX zero Ohm spark plugs and their low Ohms wire sets with good results. I haven't done any dyno testing but did get some better fuel economy. I think I'll stick with WeaponX.
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Whilst I am nearly 4 years behind in this thread... I have just installed the PlasmaCore AD1H10 plugs in my Gen 3 V8.
So far I noticed the following...
Normal drive tonight, very little hard acceleration & no full open throttle driving.
1) - Exhaust doesn't smell as bad as before.
2) - Idle felt just a tad rough.
3) - Felt smoother on acceleration.
4) - Seemed quieter.
5) - Felt I had better acceleration & needed less engine revs to get up to the required speed limit.
6) - Going up hills under cruise control, no increase in revs/speed was needed to cope.
7) Air conditioning usage didn't feel it was stealing as much power away from the engine.
As for gapping these plugs... GM/Denso & other manufacturers plugs are gapped at 1.5mm, but Pulstar cannot be gapped anymore than 1.45mm. I used feeler gauges 0f .88mm & .55mm which gave me a gap of 1.43mm.
So far I noticed the following...
Normal drive tonight, very little hard acceleration & no full open throttle driving.
1) - Exhaust doesn't smell as bad as before.
2) - Idle felt just a tad rough.
3) - Felt smoother on acceleration.
4) - Seemed quieter.
5) - Felt I had better acceleration & needed less engine revs to get up to the required speed limit.
6) - Going up hills under cruise control, no increase in revs/speed was needed to cope.
7) Air conditioning usage didn't feel it was stealing as much power away from the engine.
As for gapping these plugs... GM/Denso & other manufacturers plugs are gapped at 1.5mm, but Pulstar cannot be gapped anymore than 1.45mm. I used feeler gauges 0f .88mm & .55mm which gave me a gap of 1.43mm.
