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 split fire plugs?
#365389
12/18/03 04:41 AM
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Anonymous
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I was wondering if anyone had tried split fire plugs and had good luck with them. Im hesitating because i didnt know if they ran to hot for the 2.6. If anyone has any info it would be much appreciated.
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 Re: split fire plugs?
#365390
12/18/03 05:06 AM
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IMHO the best plugs you can put in a 2.6 are NGK, wouldn't worry about any other type. BTW, you have seen this haven't you?
Sean Strawmyer Back and ready to rock...... crawl. From Indiana or surrounding states and interested in wheelin'? Check out www.mwior.com
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Re: split fire plugs?
#365391
12/18/03 05:45 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 81
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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I found them cheap at K-mart and have had them in my 2.3L 4ZD1 for about 10K without any problems. Nothing like what people complain about in platinum Bosch plugs. Nothing great either.
2x '88 2.6L Troopers (one for parts)
'86 2.3L Trooper
'99 Acura SLX
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Re: split fire plugs?
[Re: Sword King]
#365392
12/18/03 06:00 AM
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Joined: Aug 2000
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You might want to do a Google search on +"federal trade commission" + splitfire.
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Re: split fire plugs?
[Re: Jim_Paget]
#365393
12/18/03 06:12 AM
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Anonymous
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I never understood the concept of splitfires. Electricity follows the path of least resistance, right? So how could it arc out at two seperate electrodes unless each provided exactly the same value to ground? Even if they did work as advertised your still distributing the same amount of spark energy across a larger area, resulting in a larger but weaker flame kernel.
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Re: split fire plugs?
#365394
12/18/03 09:05 AM
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So how could it arc out at two seperate electrodes unless each provided exactly the same value to ground?
It doesn't.
Even if they did work as advertised your still distributing the same amount of spark energy across a larger area, resulting in a larger but weaker flame kernel.
After they got in trouble with the FTC, the second arc was removed from their advertising. They may show it flickering between the two in some ads, but the print ads had one arc removed.
Michael
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Re: split fire plugs?
[Re: mlclark]
#365395
12/18/03 02:28 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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The Splitfires may be a decent performing plug, but they are deceptively advertised. Most reputable mechanics will advise against using them, simply because the company has duped the buying public into believing the split electrode will give them a performance advantage, when it certainly will not.
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Re: split fire plugs?
#365396
12/18/03 04:34 PM
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Anonymous
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Dont bother with split fires, or platinum fours, or any other of those high performance plugs. If you want to go all out, get NGK plugs and wires. They are made specificaly for each vehicle or group of vehicles, and are the best performance bang for your buck. If you have to go buy spendy plugs buy the high performance NGK iridium's.
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Re: split fire plugs?
#365397
12/18/03 04:55 PM
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Anonymous
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The only possible advantage I ever saw was that they might advertise them as longer lasting. As one electrode got dirty/worn it would arc to the other and back again through out the life cycle of the plug. I've heard, and it makes sense to me, that plat 4's are even worse, as the flame kernel is actually shrouded by all the electrodes surrounding it. I've used NGK for years with no problems.
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