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Tech Area => General Buick Tech => Topic started by: daveismissing on June 24 2011, 10:39:00 PM

Title: Good thread
Post by: daveismissing on June 24 2011, 10:39:00 PM

http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/engine-tech/349031-bad-news-upon-pulling-motor-today-5.html#post2793024

"I looked at the sig of Phoneguy when I first started reading this thread. Some pretty good names in that sig. When I saw that projected nose plug, it made me think to myself, where the heck were these guys when the spark plug was picked out? I know if I had supplied an engine to a customer, he would have been asked about the type of usage (even before building the engine) and told what spark plug to start out with.
There are some major balls being dropped here."

Title: Good thread
Post by: SuperSix on June 25 2011, 08:58:05 AM

WAY over my head. Don Wang has some great insight though. I don't think I need o worry about melting porcelain any time soon. :P

Title: Good thread
Post by: Steve Wood on June 25 2011, 01:01:31 PM

Many of the tuners today don't understand the fundamentals.. .they figure blown engines are just part of racing and they have no responsibility .

Several of those guys have blown many an engine

Title: Re: Good thread
Post by: Pyro6 on June 25 2011, 03:12:11 PM

Steve, is there that much of an advantage to trimming the ground strap on a bracket car? Do you think you can actually lose time? I understand what their talking about but just wondering about the advantage for the rest of us.

Title: Good thread
Post by: Steve Wood on June 25 2011, 10:02:31 PM

I use the Autolite racing plugs that have the trimmed strap...but, for a bracket car that is not running on the edge, it probably will not make it quicker, but, it may help prevent pre ignition if you are pushing it.

I always worry about preignition on an alky car...our normal single nozzle cars are probably not that close, tho unless you just like to see how far you can push it  :)

Title: Re: Good thread
Post by: Pyro6 on June 25 2011, 10:11:52 PM

Thanks teve :psix;  :psix;

Title: Good thread
Post by: SuperSix on June 25 2011, 10:42:12 PM

Teve is the MAN!

Title: Good thread
Post by: Pyro6 on June 29 2011, 12:41:39 AM

Quote from: "SuperSix @ Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:42 pm"

Teve is the MAN!

Just caught that, sorry Teve.

Title: Re: Good thread
Post by: daveismissing on June 29 2011, 12:56:41 AM

Quote from: "Pyro6 @ Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:11 pm"

Thanks teve :psix;

Title: Re: Good thread
Post by: Pyro6 on June 29 2011, 01:06:46 AM

Fuqued that up too.

Title: Good thread
Post by: Top Speed on June 29 2011, 07:54:05 PM

Fuckers!

Title: Re: Good thread
Post by: daveismissing on June 29 2011, 09:17:55 PM

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