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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 04:20 PM
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used c57 on my old standard engine running stage 3 so brought a set for my new low comp engine was running ok on boost for few hours but now splutters on higher boost.. had this prob when went to stage 3 and was told to make the haps smaller... any ideas please... ta
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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Erm.... make the gaps smaller
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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do you have a figure in mind at all.. they were 0.7 mm so i was gonna try 0.6.. is this too much or little?
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 04:46 PM
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0.65 is an average figure for a car running 24psi on std head.
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 04:56 PM
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ok cheers mate... its an a1 rallysport engine with group a head and bd14 inlet and bd10 exh 7.2 :1 comp.. they said the ecu is a group a spec i have read about your closed loop lambda conversions would the ecu be compatible for one of these.. its a L8 in a 2wd.. just realised how much more fuel its used on the greys from greens on my old engine.
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 09:05 AM
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if using around 25 p.s.i set the gap to 25thou that will stop the spark being blown out when boosting.
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 10:07 AM
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ok whats this in mm... many thanks
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 11:49 AM
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In the GpN manual they talk about 0.5mm
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 12:56 PM
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ok nice one.. ive gone feom .75 to .6 and it seems ok so far so ill see how i get on.. cheers
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Old Aug 8, 2005 | 01:50 PM
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My motor dont like c57s, same as yours after a very short time starts to missfire on boost.

Now use PP8s and had no probs

Steve.
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