<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div>What gap do you set your plugs when you are using the Pertronix?</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>tom</div><div><br></div><div>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Al Fuller <al@bighealey.org><br>To: 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net><br>Sent: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:54:24 -0500 (EST)<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Spark plugs renewal<br></div><div><br></div><style><!--<br><div><br></div>@font-face<br> {font-family:"Cambria Math";<br> panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}<br>@font-face<br> {font-family:Calibri;<br> panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}<br>@font-face<br> {font-family:Tahoma;<br> panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}<br>@font-face<br> {font-family:"Comic Sans MS";<br> panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;}<br><div><br></div>p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br> {margin:0in;<br> margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br> font-size:11.0pt;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}<br>a:link, span.MsoHyperlink<br> {mso-style-priority:99;<br> color:#0563C1;<br> text-decoration:underline;}<br>a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed<br> {mso-style-priority:99;<br> color:#954F72;<br> text-decoration:underline;}<br>p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate<br> {mso-style-priority:99;<br> mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";<br> margin:0in;<br> margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br> font-size:8.0pt;<br> font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;}<br>p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0<br> {mso-style-name:msonormal;<br> mso-margin-top-alt:auto;<br> margin-right:0in;<br> mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;<br> margin-left:0in;<br> font-size:11.0pt;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}<br>span.BalloonTextChar<br> {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";<br> mso-style-priority:99;<br> mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";<br> font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;}<br>span.EmailStyle20<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}<br>span.EmailStyle21<br> {mso-style-type:personal;<br> font-family:"Comic Sans MS";<br> color:#002060;<br> font-weight:normal;<br> font-style:normal;}<br>span.EmailStyle23<br> {mso-style-type:personal-reply;<br> font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;<br> color:windowtext;}<br>.MsoChpDefault<br> {mso-style-type:export-only;<br> font-size:10.0pt;}<br>@page WordSection1<br> {size:8.5in 11.0in;<br> margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}<br>div.WordSection1<br> {page:WordSection1;}<br>--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">OK Steve – I’ll bite: What caused the change from Champion RN12YC to NGK BP6ES? </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Your having kept the Champions in for over 46,000 miles would usually lead to conclude you had a good to great experience with them.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">On the other hand, to change brand after all that time and mileage would seem to indicate just the opposite!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Inquiring minds want to know…</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">Al Fuller</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">'65 BJ-8</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;" data-mce-style="color: #1f497d;">'85 Rx-7</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;" data-mce-style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>BJ8Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 05, 2019 2:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Spark plugs renewal</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;">Nah. I usually pull them once a year for inspection (removing for valve check/adjustment and compression check anyway), clean and re-gap as necessary, then keep on truckin' until next time. No reason to do it more frequently as long as the engine is running well. I currently have 12,411 miles on a set of NGK BP6ES plugs installed new in October 2012. I got 46,500 miles out of the previous set of Champion RN12YC.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;">Steve Byers</span><span style="color: #002060;" data-mce-style="color: #002060;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;">HBJ8L/36666</span><span style="color: #002060;" data-mce-style="color: #002060;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;">BJ8 Registry</span><span style="color: #002060;" data-mce-style="color: #002060;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;">AHCA Delegate at Large</span><span style="color: #002060;" data-mce-style="color: #002060;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;">Havelock, NC </span><span style="color: #002060;" data-mce-style="color: #002060;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #002060;" data-mce-style="color: #002060;"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #002060;"> </span></p><div><div style="border: none; border-top: solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;" data-mce-style="border: none; border-top: solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif;"> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 04, 2019 8:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> Healeys<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Spark plugs renewal</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I see that the BMC manual suggest replacing the plugs every 12,000 miles, they having been checked every 1,000 miles per the same book.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Do you guys hold to that approximately? By that I mean…..all things being equal and the plugs looking OK & working OK, only swap at +/- 12,000 miles. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Maybe plugs last longer these days? Most things don’t in my experience.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">For what it’s worth, I’m running NGK’s BP6ES. As to the gap, I’ll leave that can of worms closed for the while!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Simon</span></p></div><div><br></div></body></html>