Not many newbies here anymore, but thought I'd post this anyway.
http://www.enginebasics.com/Engine%2...k%20Plugs.html
Not many newbies here anymore, but thought I'd post this anyway.
http://www.enginebasics.com/Engine%2...k%20Plugs.html
99 DA CC R/T
13.97@100 w/modded kegger & ported TB
12.96 @103
10:8-1 .30 over forged bottom end
R/T ported heads
Detroit locker 4:56 gears
Built 46RE MSaine 3500 stall Ultra Billet
http://imgur.com/a/lOVuZ
Lots of article out there ppl should read about reading plugs. Tons of good info. Not many ppl read plugs anymore, but its literally the only way to know how happy that chamber is running.
What an amazing thing I found 4 or 5 years ago.....
Wideband O2 sensors!
I didn't install one until I decided to go to MegaSquirt.
The 40 years prior to that - I tuned by reading the plugs and listening to what it sounded like and how it responded to the throttle pedal. And of course for most of my life I rode 2-stroke bikes also, which meant you had to tune them by reading the plugs too.
Now I've gotten lazy. I don't pull the plugs out unless I have to, like when the O2 sensor fails.
Duner
4.7 Turbocharged CC in white - 12's
5.9 Turbocharged RC in black - 10's
1999 Dodge Dakota R/T RC Turbo: 10.51 @ 130.13 MPH
WB and timeslips FTW!
11.27 @ 118.232017 NM Mopar Challenge Series Champion
99 DA CC R/T
13.97@100 w/modded kegger & ported TB
12.96 @103
10:8-1 .30 over forged bottom end
R/T ported heads
Detroit locker 4:56 gears
Built 46RE MSaine 3500 stall Ultra Billet
http://imgur.com/a/lOVuZ
Duner
4.7 Turbocharged CC in white - 12's
5.9 Turbocharged RC in black - 10's
1999 Dodge Dakota R/T RC Turbo: 10.51 @ 130.13 MPH
Reading plugs requires new plugs, a WOT blast, stop pull plugs, no idle time.
I didn't read the article...maybe they point that out.
Edit: Just took a look...lol
In bright red no less.
Last edited by Adobedude; 12-18-2017 at 05:18 AM.
11.27 @ 118.232017 NM Mopar Challenge Series Champion
I agree with this for those that don't drag race often enough. Wide Band will get you very close...
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DRTC #1176
2000 Bright White CC (1/553)
Dyno'ed 07/05/13 (126,000 Miles) 230 Hp / 308 Tq
14.6 @ 93 mph (2.18 60 ft.), 4130 lbs.(1/2 tank gas)
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1985 Kawasaki GPz550
2003 SV650S (Race)
1973 W100 Powerwagon
Mater: I don’t need to know where I’m goin’, I just need to know where I been!
Wideband sensors are good tools, but the spark plug tells you what is really going on in the cylinder. Also if you run nitrous wideband sensors are pretty much useless for setting up your nitrous tune, you better read those plugs.
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Wideband tuning is fine for "normal' racing and daily driving stuff. but when you want to push a tune, you need to read the plugs. And unless you have o2s and egts in each hole. You dont know how happy one cylinder is. You're just seeing the average of one bank, or both.
I haven't looked at plug or changed my tune in years...I have a Daytona Sensors WB that I data log with my GoPro, but why I don't know.
11.27 @ 118.232017 NM Mopar Challenge Series Champion
Duner
4.7 Turbocharged CC in white - 12's
5.9 Turbocharged RC in black - 10's
1999 Dodge Dakota R/T RC Turbo: 10.51 @ 130.13 MPH
Wideband is a great tool but mine only reads one bank so i don't feel right unless i pull the plugs regularly to check them. I also change plugs more than I really need to, gives me a warm and fuzzy.
408, HiPoTek, FRP Tuning, Martin Saine 46re12.33 @ 1102018 Renegade Raceway Summit Series Sportsman Champion
Duner
4.7 Turbocharged CC in white - 12's
5.9 Turbocharged RC in black - 10's
1999 Dodge Dakota R/T RC Turbo: 10.51 @ 130.13 MPH
300 miles is 600 passes, down and back.....LOL
I change oil and plugs, check lash every 50.
11.27 @ 118.232017 NM Mopar Challenge Series Champion
Duner
4.7 Turbocharged CC in white - 12's
5.9 Turbocharged RC in black - 10's
1999 Dodge Dakota R/T RC Turbo: 10.51 @ 130.13 MPH
I read plugs for detonation only. For E85 and today's pump gas plug reading for fueling is just about useless. Race gas is a bit of a different story.
RYAN/TUNED
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11.27 @ 118.232017 NM Mopar Challenge Series Champion