Jeff,
I believe, (not certain), that the hotter plugs can cause pre-ignition
(knock), since they do not allow as much heat to flow from the plug to
the head.
By the way, I saw an add on the net for a cheap TR-7 up here in NJ. Any
interest in contacting them?
Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
'74 Norton Commando Roadster
looking hard for a TR-3
On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 04:29:15 -0700 (PDT) jstovall@earthlink.net (J.
Stovall) writes:
>>You are absolutely correct. Hotter plugs are used to burn through
>>accumulations on plugs. My first car was a used Chevy Vega. A
>couple of
>>ranges hotter could actually let me burn a quart of oil in 100 miles
>>without fouling the plugs. Which brings us to the next question.
>Why
>>are the plugs fouling? Is the hotter plug a band-aid fix?
>>
>
>
>Wouldn't that be because, while a hotter plug will burn through
>accumulation, it can't neccasairly burn through all of it. Will my
>carbs
>were running super-rich and I was having problem with carbon on them,
>so I
>put on some real hot Bosch Plats. This helped-but it didn't sovle the
>problem. Carbon still collected on the plugs, although it was
>noticalbly
>less. But...since hotter plugs seem to have only advantages, what are
>teh
>disadvanages? (And does the AutoZone carry the hottest version of
>Bosch
>Plats that I can get?)
>
>Good Luck Everyone!
>
>Jeff Stovall
>jstovall@earthlink.net
>"I'm God's gift to humility."
>1966 Triumph GT6 mk1
>AKA "Le bombe blanche"
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