Wierd Look'en Spark plugs!
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Wierd Look'en Spark plugs!
I feel like a fool asking but, what do normal "stock NGK plugs look like for a Stock '02 S? When I pulled my NGK's for the first time, the ends of the center electrodes were flush with the porcelain insulators. (weird. Bad?)The rest of each plug was a nice tan like it should be. So what gives with the center electrodes? Do they come new like this, or have they worn or burned up? My S is a '02 with only 20,000 miles on it.
I also installed wires and a scream'en daemon coil pack. The instructions suggested to re-gap the spark plugs from the stock .45" to .65". I have never tried to re- gap a multi ground electrode plug. These plugs have 4 grounds surrounding the center electrode. Two grounds are shorter that the other two. Suggestions on how to go about gapping these buggers properly?
Thanks, JD
I also installed wires and a scream'en daemon coil pack. The instructions suggested to re-gap the spark plugs from the stock .45" to .65". I have never tried to re- gap a multi ground electrode plug. These plugs have 4 grounds surrounding the center electrode. Two grounds are shorter that the other two. Suggestions on how to go about gapping these buggers properly?
Thanks, JD
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I went down to the local auto parts store and found some NGK "V Power" (ZFR6F-11 stock # 4291) plugs that are specified for the '02 MCS by NKG. These are normal single electrode plugs w/o the fancy Iridium. At $1.99 each, the price is sure right even if they do have to be changed more frequently.
Anyone have some experience with the NKG V POWER plug in their MCS?
Anyone have some experience with the NKG V POWER plug in their MCS?
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Mine stoxk ones looked pretty much the same at 54,000
The Results of the research are as follows
These are for the 2003 Mini Cooper
NGK IX iridium 6418 BKR6EIX 0.032 $6.95
And These would be for the 2003 Mini Cooper "S"
NGK IX iridium 6441 ZFR6FIX-11 0.045 Supercharged $6.95
Found it difficult to research the Denso IK-20's The Denso web page would not offer up the part # or price and as you can see stated that the gap was .044 for the Cooper and the Cooper "S" The part # may be IK20 for the Cooper and IK22 for the Cooper "S". I just couldn't verify it.
COOPER 1.6 L - L4 0.044 2003 MINI COOPER S 1.6 L - L4 0.044
Essentially Iridium is Iridium is Iridium and the NGK's seem to run cheaper.
You've installed the coil and wires. Not a time to be cheap.
The Results of the research are as follows
These are for the 2003 Mini Cooper
NGK IX iridium 6418 BKR6EIX 0.032 $6.95
And These would be for the 2003 Mini Cooper "S"
NGK IX iridium 6441 ZFR6FIX-11 0.045 Supercharged $6.95
Found it difficult to research the Denso IK-20's The Denso web page would not offer up the part # or price and as you can see stated that the gap was .044 for the Cooper and the Cooper "S" The part # may be IK20 for the Cooper and IK22 for the Cooper "S". I just couldn't verify it.
COOPER 1.6 L - L4 0.044 2003 MINI COOPER S 1.6 L - L4 0.044
Essentially Iridium is Iridium is Iridium and the NGK's seem to run cheaper.
You've installed the coil and wires. Not a time to be cheap.
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Denso IK20's are for the MC and the stock MCS. IK22's are for the MCS with
a reduction pulley.
There should be no problem changing the gap on a conventional style plug
(ie one center electrode and one ground electrode which goes over the top
of the center electrode) but you should be careful not to hit the center
electrode because it can break. Just bend the ground electrode to alter the
gap using a standard spark plug tool.
a reduction pulley.
There should be no problem changing the gap on a conventional style plug
(ie one center electrode and one ground electrode which goes over the top
of the center electrode) but you should be careful not to hit the center
electrode because it can break. Just bend the ground electrode to alter the
gap using a standard spark plug tool.
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Originally Posted by kapps
Iridium plugs also come pre-gapped. You don't want to go try gapping one of those things yourself.
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Thank you all for your replies. I am going to install the NGK V Power single electrode plugs gaped at .65" (as per instruction by the coil mfg. Scream'n Deamon) this afternoon and see what happens. This coil and wire setup is a higher voltage unit than stock. I have never used such a wide gap before, but that is what the mfg suggests. I wish I had a chassis dyno at my disposal to really note if I were helping or hindering. Not that I expect a big improvement here, but I will take any legal mod I can use in a SCCA stock class. None of it will make up for the nut attached to the steering wheel here!... lol
(JD)
(JD)
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Originally Posted by petecrosby
I sure hope you meant .065".
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Originally Posted by JimDavis MT Mini
I kid you not Pete. I personally have never used a gap like that in my life, but the instructions explicitly state: "to achieve full benefit from your Screamen' Demon Coil Packs, open up your spark plug gaps to .065".". This unit is a product of "Performance Distributors" a division of Davis Unified Ignition of Memphis Tennessee. I just put 40 miles on the car. It performs fine. Time will tell.
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