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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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I swapped my spark plugs out with some Platinum 4's, and my car was running all right, with a few bogging issues, but nothing big. I just switched those out with some NGK V-Powers, and those were absolutely terrible, and then I bought some Champion Copper plugs, and those were a little better, but still undrivable.

I went back to my platinum's right now, and at least I can drive again. Why is this?

Does it have something to do with the primary resistance on my ignition coil being only 0.008 ohms?
 
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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I dont know much about that stuff but i was just curious...do you play warcraft? I knew this player who had your same login name.
 
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Old May 9, 2008 | 11:06 PM
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That coil resistance is way off.
Primary side should be .45-.65 Ohms with steel terminals and .53-.65 Ohms with Brass terminals.
Secondary side should be 11500-13500 Ohms steel terminals and 10900-14700 Ohms with brass.

You need a new coil and get the +4 out of the car. Then Champion or NGK with a 0.035" gap will work just fine.

Check plug wire too.
Should be 2280-7290 Ohms
 
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Old May 10, 2008 | 04:35 AM
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ORIGINAL: mat663

I dont know much about that stuff but i was just curious...do you play warcraft? I knew this player who had your same login name.
I played for about 2 days a long time ago. my name was specops57 but I gave the account to my brother so who knows if it still exist.



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That coil resistance is way off.
Primary side should be .45-.65 Ohms with steel terminals and .53-.65 Ohms with Brass terminals.
Secondary side should be 11500-13500 Ohms steel terminals and 10900-14700 Ohms with brass.

You need a new coil and get the +4 out of the car. Then Champion or NGK with a 0.035" gap will work just fine.

Check plug wire too.
Should be 2280-7290 Ohms

I have a new coil and wireson the way.
Was it the +4's that did that to my coil?
 
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