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Old 18-02-2009, 08:07 AM
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Default spark plug gap metric to imp conversion

can't find my chart or anything on the net.
what 1.3mm in old money please?
is it around 0.053?

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Old 18-02-2009, 08:37 AM
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1.3 divided by 25.4 = 0.051
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cheers m8, I took a guess and set the plug gaps at 0.053 so thats close enough!!

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Old 18-02-2009, 06:06 PM
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0.1mm = 4 thou, so 52 thou for 1.3mm.
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Originally Posted by tabetha
0.1mm = 4 thou, so 52 thou for 1.3mm.
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nice one , even closer to my guess of 0.053 then
it's the plug gap on my st200 BTW

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its still actually 51 thou, as 0.1 mm = 3.9 thou lol
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1mm=.0393700 actually
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0.03936996 actually
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