I ran to Auto-Zone with gadzooks for some neato-boffo stuff and...here goes:
Auto zone "Team Member" 1: ...blah blah blah...so I told the guy 'no, no, no, you need a hotter spark plug if you're running nitrous'
Team Member 2: oh...so you should run hotter plugs huh?
member 1: yeah, you have to prevent early detonation
member 2: right on.
So I tell gadzooks to listen and filled him in on the rest of the conversation. Then I ask the guy "What did you say? Should I run hotter or colder plugs with nitrous?"
Team member 1: yeah, you should use hotter plugs, to prevent early detonation.
I think..."hmmm.....WTF?"
So finally gadzooks tries to set him straight, and the guy is arguing with him and telling him "no, you HAVE to use a hotter plug to prevent early detonation and you have to adjust your timing when you run nitrous"
I had to offer gadzooks some cash to shut up and quit arguing with him.
Can anybody tell me what is wrong with what the auto zone guy said?
[Edited by JAWS 021 on Aug 26, 2003 9:53 AM]
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you usually retard timing and run a colder spark plug (which effectively retards timing within itself)...
i think the guy has a little bit of retarded timing himself... or has just turned his brain to swiss-cheese hitting the nitrous bottle...
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Originally posted by JAWS 021
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using hotter plugs on an NA engine could cause damage
Using hotter plugs on a nitrous engine will more than likely cause a hole in a piston
Let me guess... he also recommended you use bosch +4 platinum plugs too...
:disappointed:
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nah... probably NGK TR40 irridium...
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I'm here, here I'm again
I'm tied in knots, my stomach reels
In concern with what I might do or
What I've done
It's got me tied up and living in fear
But why do I drink and drink and smoke
To reason, to reason with my head anyway?
The needle to the vein
Needle to the vein
Take this needle from my vein my friend
I say...
SO WHAT, Are you saying we have to change my plugs tonight as well as install the Venom. hehe I have +4s, I swear I didnt know and no one has copper v's
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