My Plug Gap?
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From: Tomball (H-Town), TX
Originally Posted by Puck
My very qualified tuner prefers and recommends between .030 to .035 for plug gaps. I had mine at .035 and now he wants me to go down to .030 on my next set.
i got a 6AL, MSD wires, MSD Coil and MSD Pro Opti so i know im juicin it alittle more then stock
Originally Posted by Gun5
whats ur ignition
i got a 6AL, MSD wires, MSD Coil and MSD Pro Opti so i know im juicin it alittle more then stock
i got a 6AL, MSD wires, MSD Coil and MSD Pro Opti so i know im juicin it alittle more then stock
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From: Tomball (H-Town), TX
Originally Posted by Puck
OEM opti unit with MSD cap and rotor, MSD "Blaster" coil, and Taylor Thundervolt wires w/ tr55 plugs.
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From: Decatur, TN (N-W of Athens)
Originally Posted by procharged355
yea I would do .035 unless you are forced induction or nitrous
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Originally Posted by Gun5
from what I hear any kind of after market box raises the gap about .5 because they juice it that much more like i said i was leaning toward .35 maybe
The OEM specs arent always geared towards max power - hence the very modest timing and running pig rich from the factory. In most N/A high performance LT1s, especially in the higher rpms, you get more power and smoother response from a smaller gap in the .030-.035 range. The bigger stock gap tends to "wash out" under high compression and high rpms.
Then again, what credentials does my tuner have - besides being a personal friend of Ed Wright and working as a Chevrolet engineer since before most of us were born, and tuning hundreds and hundreds of TPIs and LT1s in the process
.I gained 35 to the wheels over a professional mail order tune with him.
