Thread: Power loss
View Single Post
Old 02-17-2016, 08:29 AM   #14
Dlirium
Registered User
 
Dlirium's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 583
Garage
Here is an interesting theory, but potentially irrelevant :-)

Gap makes a HUGE difference in older cars. I have a 351 Cleveland in a 1972 Pantera. Changing the gap from the traditional 35 thousands to 45 thousands yielded a LOT more power. Mostly due to the modern MSD ignition that can handle the larger gap, but just that would easily account for the equivalent of an "S" vs a base in power...

I know the plugs come "pre gaped", but may be worth comparing the NGK's to the new Bosch?
__________________
2000 S - Borla Exhaust, TS Cat Deletes, RSS UDP, B&M Short Shift, T96 Steering Wheel, Potenza RE-71R's,
Mantis 2.0L Deep Sump, de-snorkeled, Bilstein PSS9 Coil-Overs, Rennline lug studs, and auto crossed regularly
.
Dlirium is offline   Reply With Quote