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70Sixter · 02-19-2008, 10:00 AM

I musta missed something cuz I didn't see that in the article. By the way, it does have good explanation of intermediate shaft failures.

Before capacitive discharge engines it was very easy to foul plugs in city driving. Mechanics sometimes did an "Italian tuneup." A few miles at or near redline in a lower gear would often burn the carbon off the fouled plugs.

02-19-2008, 10:00 AM	#2
70Sixter Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surf City, NC Posts: 1,079	I musta missed something cuz I didn't see that in the article. By the way, it does have good explanation of intermediate shaft failures. Before capacitive discharge engines it was very easy to foul plugs in city driving. Mechanics sometimes did an "Italian tuneup." A few miles at or near redline in a lower gear would often burn the carbon off the fouled plugs. __________________ Mike 04 Boxster S - Basalt/Savanna, 6sp, Carrera lites, hardtop 70 914-6 - Black over tan, original/stock PCA since 1970