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Old Jul 26, 2019 | 10:38 AM
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Default FYI - Spark blowout and spark plug gap growth.

In case you wondered at what plug gap you’d get blow out, well in my case it was @ .038” in 6psi range and above. New plugs quickly fixed that.

These were NGK 2668 BKR8EIX. 2-3yrs old with 30K miles and with age plug gap grew from .031” to .038”.

OEM plug gap is .039 - .043” with service limit of .015”

This was with my newer 06+ Civic Si coil packs which seem to be more consistent than OEM S2K coils per Evans.
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Old Jul 26, 2019 | 11:46 AM
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Im on a .014"

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Old Jul 26, 2019 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AP1Chief
Im on a .014"

LOL
Running Honda’s service limit for a gap I see. You Animal. Hahaha
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Old Jul 26, 2019 | 03:00 PM
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That some big ass gap your running. I need to be under .02 to not get spark blow out.
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Old Jul 26, 2019 | 04:50 PM
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i run 40+psi lol
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Old Jul 26, 2019 | 04:55 PM
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I always start at .25 and work my way down til I don't get anymore blow out. Currently sitting at .20 @27 psi
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Old Jul 26, 2019 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by riceball777
That some big ass gap your running. I need to be under .02 to not get spark blow out.
.031” works great for my low-ish boost NOVI1000
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Old Jul 27, 2019 | 04:17 PM
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I'm running the stock 2668 0.33 gap with my measly 7psi, but injecting 500cc of 50/50 water/meth. No blow out.
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Old Jul 28, 2019 | 06:57 AM
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Doesn't evans tech article recomend 0.018-0.028? Also recommends 2k mile interval on the plugs...
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Old Jul 28, 2019 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by prelude99
Doesn't evans tech article recomend 0.018-0.028? Also recommends 2k mile interval on the plugs...
No idea. But gap that s2000Junky and I use seems to work fine with a SC. In my case that’s up to 13ish PSI @ .031”.
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