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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 12:28 PM
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For you stroker boys...I'm dumping Champions for NGK BKR5E and the best Napa could do is .060 for a gap. Is that a bit big? What are you running for a gap? Thanks. By the way...MSD ignition, 10:1 Edelbrock heads, Comp cam 486 lift.

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I run a Mallory billet distributor, nothing fancy. My spark plug gap has always been set at .045 And I get good, consistent results.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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With my MSD-6 and CRs of 10 to 12:1, I get good results with gaps of .050 to .060". Bigger sparks light more fires, but don't let the gap get too big so that there isn't any spark.

If you don't like the store bought gap, just change it.

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