Spark Plugs
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Tr-55's gapped @ .057 and indexed. Do it on every plug change in the Vette. better to buy 16 plugs and find 8 you want than the crush rings.Added MSD wires also They inproved their quaility!
Starts faster and seems a little better go pedal.
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seems to really snap to life on the start with the balanced combustion.
I just put mine at 10- 12 postion. Looked right for the LS-3
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From: stafford country, va. Avatar: Me on turn 3 @ Bristol (The World's Fastest Half-Mile)
i tried the accel u groove on many different cars. the motorcraft were the fastest for 2 runs if you drove there forget it, the accels were slower and worse if you drove their, the champions in a ford were 2nd fastest by .002 but you could put them in at the track or home no difference, and lasted 3 weeks before slowing. all the others after that day were slower
thx. for sharing your results. i agree, 'nothing beats a good champion' (pun intended).hhmmm....maybe that's why i kept 'toasting' the 'coil' on the '74 Camaro (hand built 360 cu.). i ran the modded 'accels' all the time (DD). the ignition consists of a MSD 6a Box, Mallory Magnetic Breakerless Dist., Mallory Blue Max wires, accel plugs and coil after coil after coil.... they would just 'boil' and start leaking.
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thx. for sharing your results. i agree, 'nothing beats a good champion' (pun intended).hhmmm....maybe that's why i kept 'toasting' the 'coil' on the '74 Camaro (hand built 360 cu.). i ran the modded 'accels' all the time (DD). the ignition consists of a MSD 6a Box, Mallory Magnetic Breakerless Dist., Mallory Blue Max wires, accel plugs and coil after coil after coil.... they would just 'boil' and start leaking.
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From: stafford country, va. Avatar: Me on turn 3 @ Bristol (The World's Fastest Half-Mile)
i really can't remember, she's down in tenn. right now waiting for my son and i to get some time to redo her.my box survived, never had any problems with it but did begin to wish i had the 'adjustable' one (where you could change the 'chip') but i just never got the 'coil' issue resolved. they would just leak all over the place then fry. i finally ended up mounting the coil to the firewall but it didn't really help much. they had to perfectly straight (vertical) to get any time out of them.
i cut/trim the electrode so it had the gap on the side instead of the tip and would point it at the intake valve.
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From: stafford country, va. Avatar: Me on turn 3 @ Bristol (The World's Fastest Half-Mile)
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i think it was 21 srands of copper silver coated and thats what kekt burning the coil up if you pull a wire off to check spark you will hear a high pitch squeal as the spark jumps
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From: stafford country, va. Avatar: Me on turn 3 @ Bristol (The World's Fastest Half-Mile)
yes the blue max were copper, wrapped in silver. then kevlar, they weighed about 10 lbs with the shrink sleeves i think it was 21 srands of copper silver coated and thats what kekt burning the coil up if you pull a wire off to check spark you will hear a high pitch squeal as the spark jumps
i think it was 21 srands of copper silver coated and thats what kekt burning the coil up if you pull a wire off to check spark you will hear a high pitch squeal as the spark jumps 
too bad they don't make a pair for the c6
