Printable Version | Subscribe | Add to Favourites
New Topic New Poll New Reply
Author: Subject: stick with ngk PTR5A-10 or go hotter?
b3nny

posted on 15/6/14 at 01:30 PM Reply With Quote
stick with ngk PTR5A-10 or go hotter?

I'm currently running ngk PTR5A-10 in my 2.0l blacktop zetec, I took them out this morning to inspect them and they where pretty black which obviously could be over fueling but as the car is running more than standard would it be worth going one steop hotter?

Would be the next step up from the ones I'm using?

Also the white ceramic on 3 of the 4 had cracks in.

[Edited on 15/6/14 by b3nny]

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
britishtrident

posted on 15/6/14 at 06:04 PM Reply With Quote
If the nose of the plug is cracking then the plugs are too hot (aka too soft) , a sooty plug is a definite sign of rich mixture.





[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
[/I]

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
b3nny

posted on 15/6/14 at 07:08 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
If the nose of the plug is cracking then the plugs are too hot (aka too soft) , a sooty plug is a definite sign of rich mixture.


I've just bought 4 of the same plug for now from the local motor factors, what would be a recommendation for plugs? It's running 180bhp.

Is there anything I can adjust to lean it out a little? I have a FPR, or is it a case that it needs a RR to see what's going on.

It had one last year in November so can't understand at the moment why they are so black?

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
redturner
Senior Builder






Posts 449
Registered 9/11/12
Member Is Offline

Photo Archive Go!
Building: Run 2 ltr Black Top in single seater race car.

posted on 19/6/14 at 08:41 PM Reply With Quote
The Zetec that I run is standard apart from R1 carbs fitted and although they run beautifully, I have a problem with the outer ceramic cracking from one end to the other. I never experience any misfiring.
View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member

New Topic New Poll New Reply


go to top






Website design and SEO by Studio Montage

All content © 2001-16 LocostBuilders. Reproduction prohibited
Opinions expressed in public posts are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the views of other users or any member of the LocostBuilders team.
Running XMB 1.8 Partagium [© 2002 XMB Group] on Apache under CentOS Linux
Founded, built and operated by ChrisW.