First Time Changing Sparkies....having Issues Now...

[nsta]

Hey guys, if i were to change my coilpacks to some new spitfires.....would this mean i could run my sparkies at 1.1mm gap, and still have no missing on 12psi?

Will i notice a good diffeence in power after going from .55mm gap???how does gapping affect performance???

[Zas)-(]

Hey guys, if i were to change my coilpacks to some new spitfires.....would this mean i could run my sparkies at 1.1mm gap, and still have no missing on 12psi?

Will i notice a good diffeence in power after going from .55mm gap???how does gapping affect performance???

........1.1 is crap, dont bother. the sparks u recommended is good .88 is da way to go ....

lol why bother i mean the cars were made for .8 mm so you'd get better performance if their gapped at that with spitfirezzzzzz :sorcerer:

put sparks in ( BCPR6es or wateva the code) is and if your car still dies ... go to repco get a DIY spark plug measuring tool then you can measure em up .....and clamp da gap together youurself ;-) and da wrench is 3 and a half turns.. look on da spark plug packet it tells u it...

and next answer: you saw how gapping affects performance!! KAAABOOOM DIEZ in the arsee...

[Rolls]

........1.1 is crap, dont bother. the sparks u recommended is good .88 is da way to go ....

lol why bother i mean the cars were made for .8 mm so you'd get better performance if their gapped at that with spitfirezzzzzz :sorcerer:

and next answer: you saw how gapping affects performance!! KAAABOOOM DIEZ in the arsee...

The only reason it dies in the ass is the coils cant provide enough charge to spark that distance properly. The bigger the gap the better the combustion and the more power/economy you will get. The biggest gap you can have with no misfire is the best option.

Get new coils and try 1.1, if you get absolutely no missing leave it. If you still do move down to a .8, I wouldn't say the car is made for any particular gap, its made to run the biggest gap possible. On a completely stock motor (7psi ?) I'm pretty sure 1.1 would be fine with the aged stock coils

[GTR_Legend]

if ur running some mods like FMIC, zorst etc... run .8, and with the new splitfires it will run fine!

[Al]

........1.1 is crap, dont bother. the sparks u recommended is good .88 is da way to go ....

lol why bother i mean the cars were made for .8 mm so you'd get better performance if their gapped at that with spitfirezzzzzz :sorcerer:

put sparks in ( BCPR6es or wateva the code) is and if your car still dies ... go to repco get a DIY spark plug measuring tool then you can measure em up .....and clamp da gap together youurself ;-) and da wrench is 3 and a half turns.. look on da spark plug packet it tells u it...

and next answer: you saw how gapping affects performance!! KAAABOOOM DIEZ in the arsee...

If you look under your bonnet there is a peice of paper stuck to the lining, it states the gap to be 1.1mm. So the cars were made for 1.1mm gap. But you up boost, power, etc. then everything else needs to change.

Splitfires, 0.8mm gap and you shouldn't have any issues.

[nsta]

im thinking of insulating the coils....whereabouts on the coil iteself does it have to be taped up?

[Zas)-(]

just use .88mm man.... it works on most cars will work

you can bore the guy out next to you later how combustion works after u thrash him...

SPlitfirez and .88 .....

[nsta]

do the coils have to be fuly removed to tape em up? if so, the 2 screws on most of my coils to remove them are f&cked, what will help in easing them up?some crc? i dont want to ruin the thread on them:(

[Rolls]

do the coils have to be fuly removed to tape em up? if so, the 2 screws on most of my coils to remove them are f&cked, what will help in easing them up?some crc? i dont want to ruin the thread on them:(

Notice the hex shape on the outside? use a socket

They are usually pretty damn tight if they havent been removed in a while, doubt you could get most of them out without ruining them if you used a screwdriver.

Yes you do have to remove them, I dont really see how you would patch them up otherwise.

you can bore the guy out next to you later how combustion works after u thrash him...

Hah, boring you are we?

I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make but its worth trying the bigger gap first.

Edited September 27, 2006 by Rolls

[GTR_Legend]

Just remember, running tape around the coils should only be a temp solution! and they may just be worn so tape will have no affect! Like mine!

[nsta]

cheers, where on the coil do we have to tape em up???, havent seen any pics of this>?

[GTR_Legend]

cheers, where on the coil do we have to tape em up???, havent seen any pics of this>?

see Site

[Rolls]

Some of the older coilpacks have a metal rim around them instead of the 4 screw holes. There is about a 1mm gap between this and the coil. If this is the case its almost impossible to tape inbetween this gap and it will arc to the alloy holder instead. In this gase you need to fill the gap with araldite or some sort of high temp epoxy.

[nsta]

i have an r33 gtst '94 coupe, will this have the older style coilpacks???

regards

[nsta]

also just in regards to the spark gapping, does the .8mm feeler gauge stick need to "just" fit between the gap?

cheers

[Rolls]

i have an r33 gtst '94 coupe, will this have the older style coilpacks???

regards

No idea, I only just noticed this then when looking at that thread, mine were the older type and epoxy/tape didnt fix mine so Ive got splitfires on the way but it has worked for alot of people.

- style with band around them

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...st&id=39044 - style without

[nsta]

thanks, do i wrap around the whole coil?or just in the problem areas?is there any chance that if the tape was to peel off, it could do some damage?

[nsta]

what type of electrical tape works best???, i tried wrapping coils with CHEAP tape, and only wrapped with one layer of it, and its still missing. Before i go ahead and spend 550 on some coilpacks, im going to have another go.

One other thing, if i get new coils, would that mean i can run 10psi on 1.1mm gapped bcpr6es plugs?

Few things i noticed,......, my new plugs were already all pregapped to .8mm, and all my old plugs were gapped at around .65mm.....would i have lost power because of such a low gap prior(i never had any missing with the low gap though)

How does lowering gap affect the engine?i mean excessive lowering, which my workshop done on my old sparkies which i heard is bad (.65mm on 10psi

[otto]

if you threw the plugs in straight out of the box i can pretty much garentee they will be gapped at 1.1 or atleast thats what ngk or champion or whatever was aiming for. there gaps are probably realisticly all over the place,

I always gap my plugs to .8 but if i wanted 1.1 ide still regap/check them myself and not just throw them in straight out of the box.

[Rolls]

Just out of curiousity how do you guys gap your plugs? Ive always just put a feeler guage in between it and squash it but Im sure theres a better way.