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Old Aug 3, 2020 | 05:50 AM
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Like I said do some reading. Open mouth insert foot. Maybe even take a little peek before you make a dumb *** out of yourself
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Old Aug 3, 2020 | 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by cmysix
Like I said do some reading. Open mouth insert foot. Maybe even take a little peek before you make a dumb *** out of yourself

Just keep smoking whatever it is keeps you happy....must be strong **** !
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Old Aug 3, 2020 | 12:19 PM
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Yep another one that can't read
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Old Sep 18, 2020 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Darth_V8r
Question - Do the majority adjust the dwell settings? I've tuned on a few cars that I needed to bump dwell to correct misfiring under load. boost scenarios and high compression scenarios.

The reason I went IGN1A was not to get a hotter spark per se, it was the ability to push dwell. They are rated to 8ms continuous. I'm curious if this lines up with your experience?
I'm experiencing misfire at 16+psi right now. My irdium plug gap is at .030-.032. My dwell is quite low, I wanna say its in the 4ms range. I did add a little (maybe 1ms) and it seemed to get better. after reading up on this, Chris @hptuners posted 6-8ms is the max you can use or the coil life degrades, and it is useful on FI where a denser mixture plays a part. I really dont want to tighten my plug gap because idle will suffer. With regular plugs, iirc, I was having issues at 12-14psi and a .030 gap. went to .025 and it fixed it but my idle quality suffered. Put the iridium in at .030-.032 and idle improved and driveability improved. I dont want to lose that, so this evening i'm going to play with dwell numbers under boost to see if it fixes it.

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Old Sep 22, 2020 | 07:22 AM
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How could this be? The iridium plug did better then the standard? Say it isn't so the forum engineers said that was impossible that the iridium were
Pieces of crap and they don't work better then standard plugs! That what you really needed was a coil that got it's power from a coal fired power plant and that would fix tor problem!
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Old Sep 22, 2020 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by cmysix
How could this be? The iridium plug did better then the standard? Say it isn't so the forum engineers said that was impossible that the iridium were
Pieces of crap and they don't work better then standard plugs! That what you really needed was a coil that got it's power from a coal fired power plant and that would fix tor problem!
When you don't gap plus right it's not exactly the plugs fault lol.
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Old Sep 22, 2020 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by cmysix
How could this be? The iridium plug did better then the standard? Say it isn't so the forum engineers said that was impossible that the iridium were
Pieces of crap and they don't work better then standard plugs! That what you really needed was a coil that got it's power from a coal fired power plant and that would fix tor problem!
I’ll tell you what I know. From my experience. Regardless of what anyone thinks. I had regular 7 heat range ngk’s with a non projected tip in, .026-.027 iirc gap. My idle wasn’t that great and it was blowing spark out at 14psi. So I put in projected tip (against the advise of a few, and was told the projected tip may cause knock, I logged and didn’t see any) iridium plugs, gap set at .032. Idle much improved. Fuel mileage and throttle response improved noticeably. No longer blowing spark out to 14psi. Heck, it held on to about 16psi with a wider gap. Then once I passed that, it started blowing out again. I was going to experiment with just the dwell but I had some feee time so I went ahead and put the gaps at .027-.028. I upped the dwell to 7.1 under heavy load. I’m trying to have my good idle still and not blowout spark at 20psi. I haven’t driven it yet to test, but I’ll post back when I do.
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Old Sep 22, 2020 | 08:26 AM
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I’ll tell you what I know. From my experience. Regardless of what anyone thinks. I had regular 7 heat range ngk’s with a non projected tip in, .026-.027 iirc gap. My idle wasn’t that great and it was blowing spark out at 14psi. So I put in projected tip (against the advise of a few, and was told the projected tip may cause knock, I logged and didn’t see any) iridium plugs, gap set at .032. Idle much improved. Fuel mileage and throttle response improved noticeably. No longer blowing spark out to 14psi. Heck, it held on to about 16psi with a wider gap. Then once I passed that, it started blowing out again. I was going to experiment with just the dwell but I had some feee time so I went ahead and put the gaps at .027-.028. I upped the dwell to 7.1 under heavy load. I’m trying to have my good idle still and not blowout spark at 20psi. I haven’t driven it yet to test, but I’ll post back when I do.
Boy you're skewing that info....
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Old Sep 22, 2020 | 08:27 AM
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Anyone blowing out spark under 35psi is doing it wrong, ignition isn't a problem in these engines especially at 14-16psi. Spark plug gap also wont significantly impact your idle, that would be the loose nut behind the keyboard. Mine idles perfectly fine with a .020-.025 gap and doesnt have ignition problems at 30 psi. Run the $2 ngk 3346 plugs, they work perfectly fine from 700-1300whp, and will work for 1000hp right out of the box.
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Old Sep 22, 2020 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by ddnspider
Boy you're skewing that info....
I don’t doubt it. I threw in the iirc as a fail safe. I’ve changed **** so many times and messed with boost so many times. The original gap may have been at .025. But for some reason I was thinking it was .027ish. Honestly, my memory does not serve me very well since my heart surgery 3 years ago. I coded, and I was with no pulse for about 3 minutes. Might have done a little dain bramage. Plus the meds I’m on for the rest of my life has side effects of memory issues. Along with other stuff.
let me know what I butchered. I really should start writing **** down more often.
I do know that the iridium plugs did work better and allowed a sourly wider gap.
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Old Sep 6, 2021 | 06:01 PM
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There is a "faster" Lower Energy coil in the IGN-1A Family
They cost the same to produce.
This coil will produce good energy with a lower dwell setting.

The "graphs" DO NOT STATE coil dwell settings, A GREAT way to fool someone as seen above !
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Old Sep 6, 2021 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by IGN-1A
There is a "faster" Lower Energy coil in the IGN-1A Family
They cost the same to produce.
This coil will produce good energy with a lower dwell setting.

The "graphs" DO NOT STATE coil dwell settings, A GREAT way to fool someone as seen above !
Bumping an old thread to sell your coils I see? 🙈
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