When i first got the car, it would idle worth a crap. Died all the time and ran terrible. I fixed just about everything you can imagine. The idle was far better than it was, but it would still idle very rough after it warmed up and was never smooth by any measure. I also had an intake popping issue from day 1. You name it, and Ive probably fixed or replaced or adjusted it.
Yesterday for kicks, I did the unthinkable, and gapped my plugs to .040.
My engine idles like a stock Honda now. Smooth as silk. While driving, it accelerates sooo smoothly and my wife even asked me if I had done something to make the car faster. I was barely giving it any gas at all...just cruising. But it was so much smoother that it felt "faster" to her, and even to me. The WOT popping is practically gone.
Ive used platinum, copper, and the ones that have been in it for 9 months or so are autolite double platinum's. Ive had them gapped at .030. Ive tried from .025 to .035 between all the different plugs. It always ran the same.
Im almost tempted to open the gap even more and see what happens. I thought for sure I would be getting spark blowout, but I'm not. Im astounded with how damn smooth this engine idles and runs now.
It might be worth it for some of you guys to go against the grain and do a little experiment, and see if this helps you at all too. It may not work as well with a higher resistance plug like a regular copper one. These double platinums have less than half the resistance of the copper ones I had before.
Yesterday for kicks, I did the unthinkable, and gapped my plugs to .040.
My engine idles like a stock Honda now. Smooth as silk. While driving, it accelerates sooo smoothly and my wife even asked me if I had done something to make the car faster. I was barely giving it any gas at all...just cruising. But it was so much smoother that it felt "faster" to her, and even to me. The WOT popping is practically gone.
Ive used platinum, copper, and the ones that have been in it for 9 months or so are autolite double platinum's. Ive had them gapped at .030. Ive tried from .025 to .035 between all the different plugs. It always ran the same.
Im almost tempted to open the gap even more and see what happens. I thought for sure I would be getting spark blowout, but I'm not. Im astounded with how damn smooth this engine idles and runs now.
It might be worth it for some of you guys to go against the grain and do a little experiment, and see if this helps you at all too. It may not work as well with a higher resistance plug like a regular copper one. These double platinums have less than half the resistance of the copper ones I had before.