[DeTomaso] Plug gap for MSD - one more time

bill gaino gaino at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 28 14:39:46 EDT 2008


Matt, My car cut up and ran like crap. I found the ball in the dist cap missing. I got a new cap, IT still cut out bad. I installed new plugs gapped at .055 and it has not missed a lick since. Your at .052 may be better.... too big a gap will cause an off idle stumble. Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt Bradley <apollo73 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jul 28, 2008 10:48 AM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Plug gap for MSD - one more time
>
>>Is there a specific plug gap to check for when running an MSD ignition
>>system?
>
>Not a specific one.  Just a general range found in the MSD manual.  Supposedly
>my setup is 10.5:1 compression.  I set mine to 52 and noticed a significant improvement.  
>I was really surprised how much of noticeable difference it made.
>
>>Thanks - didn't get any responses to my first post and I'm trying to debug a
>>downed car.
>
>An archive search would have answered this question faster than any post and
>subsequent response.  Found at http://realbig.com/detomaso/  
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