Posible for car to run better NA with N2o
09-01-2010, 04:15 PM
#21
Absolutely. But, if you've done your tuning and know that you have it right, aren't doing anything different then you normally do and everything is fine, they're o.k. to run.
I used to make the first hit at the track on a set of NGK's, make sure that they looked o.k., and unless I planned on changing the jet on the car I'd put a set of autolite's in.
I found, that I could make about 3 runs on a set of NGK's before I started to see the car run a little rough, not idle as good, start harder, and start to slow a touch. If i put the autolite's in, I could make 5 or 6 hits on them and not have an issue. I always pulled them and checked them out to make sure everything looked good, and they always did.
It's one of those things, a stock car with a 125 shot can run a #8 or #7 heat range autolite and have no problems, simply because it's not gonna hurt anything unless you're WAY out in left field.
In my case, it was a full blown nitrous motor with about 1/3 of what I should have been hitting it with, if I hurt something with a single 65 jet in the car, I'd have to have been doing something really dumb. As long as I kept the #9 or #8 heat range in it, and the 118 nos torco fuel, it wasn't getting hurt.
Situations like this, they are a good plug. For what you guys are going, I wouldn't even think about it.
I ever get my junk back together, I'm not even gonna try them. #10 or #11 NGK will be all I'll ever run, maybe, a #9 for motor stuff. But, I run it on motor it's not gonna be like the old setup, I'm gonna have to lean on the thing to get it to run what I need it to run
I used to make the first hit at the track on a set of NGK's, make sure that they looked o.k., and unless I planned on changing the jet on the car I'd put a set of autolite's in.
I found, that I could make about 3 runs on a set of NGK's before I started to see the car run a little rough, not idle as good, start harder, and start to slow a touch. If i put the autolite's in, I could make 5 or 6 hits on them and not have an issue. I always pulled them and checked them out to make sure everything looked good, and they always did.
It's one of those things, a stock car with a 125 shot can run a #8 or #7 heat range autolite and have no problems, simply because it's not gonna hurt anything unless you're WAY out in left field.
In my case, it was a full blown nitrous motor with about 1/3 of what I should have been hitting it with, if I hurt something with a single 65 jet in the car, I'd have to have been doing something really dumb. As long as I kept the #9 or #8 heat range in it, and the 118 nos torco fuel, it wasn't getting hurt.
Situations like this, they are a good plug. For what you guys are going, I wouldn't even think about it.
I ever get my junk back together, I'm not even gonna try them. #10 or #11 NGK will be all I'll ever run, maybe, a #9 for motor stuff. But, I run it on motor it's not gonna be like the old setup, I'm gonna have to lean on the thing to get it to run what I need it to run
09-01-2010, 05:28 PM
#22
JL and ATV have this 100% right.
Autolites are great plugs IF you aren't pushing things with your tune/heat range selection and have things sorted. They've got what seems to be a tougher ground strap making them harder to read, but less forgiving if stuff hits the fan.
NGK's are great for initial tuning or providing a little extra safety if you're leaning on it.
I'll stick with NGK's though.... They've saved me once or twice.... I'd rather nip a $2 plug than spend thousands rebuilding a motor.
Autolites are great plugs IF you aren't pushing things with your tune/heat range selection and have things sorted. They've got what seems to be a tougher ground strap making them harder to read, but less forgiving if stuff hits the fan.
NGK's are great for initial tuning or providing a little extra safety if you're leaning on it.
I'll stick with NGK's though.... They've saved me once or twice.... I'd rather nip a $2 plug than spend thousands rebuilding a motor.
