And car runs great! Had a bad misfire last night shifting 2nd to 3rd which broke the porcelain on cylinder#4 spark plug so I picked up some Autolite XP from O' Reilly's. I threw them in with the pre-gap of .043 and the car pulls harder and get better mpg!
My old plugs were NGKs that I gapped at .025 after reading all the assumptions in threads that the spark would blow out.
Trifecta e47 tune @25 psi on a 59000 mile '08.

 

Well here's the thing autolites are.****. I guarentee you datalog car and youlll see a shitload of misfires.. there grounding strap is always positions incorrectly and is always ****.....

 

I ran ngk bpr 8es plugs in the Dsm with no problems. That was at 28lbs flowing around 49 lbs/min gapped at .028. Autolites are lame.

 

autolites stock are ok but once tuned i had nothing but problems with them....horrible misfires...car sounded like it was gonna blow up. put in a fresh set of stockers gapped at .30 and it ran great. and .43 is too much and .25 may be too close.

 

Ive always ran Acdelco oem replacements stock gap no problems.

 

So when we doing Ure car lol.[/B]QUOTE=Superbalt06;6152543]I ran ngk bpr 8es plugs in the Dsm with no problems. That was at 28lbs flowing around 49 lbs/min gapped at .028. Autolites are lame.[/QUOTE]

 

But Autolites have the patented anti-lame-***** technology. Had to get whatever was available at store as I had to replace the old plugs asap.

Ran it at night when it was 20 degrees colder and guesses what! A plethora of misfires!

Gonna gap em' down to .030 and see how long they last.

How did you see that ground straps were misaligned? Head was off? I'm guessing more misfire-prone when misaligned?

 

I just sold the eclipse. It was a 97 It was getting too old. I was thinking about using the money to turbocharge the Balt. I have a s256et sitting on my bench from the eclipse. All I would need is cobalt hot side for it. It's so tempting but I want the car to be my DD so I'll probably leave it alone for a while.

 

were you asking me james or superbalt? if me............i am lame fml hopefully soon. the thing is with my back problems i can't bend over and do anything so i need someone to help me. my buddy who is supposed to help me keeps giving me excuses not to. i keep telling myself i am gonna just dope myself up and get out there and get it taken care of but its not really that simple. oh and i never got the upper pipe from the dealership

 

I was talking to you bro.. lol. Sorry bout Ure back.... Smack Ure buddy in the head lol.

All u have to do is take a plug out and look at the ground strap and electrode. itll be off to the side which cause a shitload more gap.

 

i run the NGK 3787 and the car loves it. Gapped at .32

 

i have my 3rd surgery in less than 18 months coming up in March.....a spinal fusion....supposed to be the "end all" to all of my back problems.......i sure ******* hope so! I've had the bumper off for the past week or so and have been out there looking at it but i just can't be under the hood for more than 20 minutes or so before the pain gets too bad. hopefully i can get it taken care of maybe this weekend when my girlfriend is home and i don't have the kids to deal with.

 

What did you do to your back , if you don't mind me asking? I have a herniated L5 so bad that I lost the ability to pick up my right foot for a while. I'm getting better, slowly, though. My neck is also jacked. I never played football, but my spine looks like I did.

 

Do you have scoliosis or some kind of injury? Scoliosis runs in my family and my back is slowly starting so creep up on me... It sucks cuz I'm starting to get the same way. If you lived closer I would help you out with the car. Good luck finishing it bro.

 

mine never caused any loss of function but i have all the pains down both legs and even into my feet. this is thought to be permanent nerve damage since it never went away after either prior surgery. glad it is getting better for you man. i wish this **** on no one!!!!

injury as i will explain below. i don't know that much about scolliosis but i heard it really sucks. all back pain sucks man. i have lost the will to do anything because of all of the pain i am in. all i want to do if im not working is just lay in my recliner cause it is what makes my back feel the "best". i can't play with my kids, mow my lawn, work on the car, or anything that involves lifting or bending. it totally blows!!!!! oh and thanks for the offer to help



I have a herniated disc at L5/S1....the surgeon did what is called a discectomy/laminectmy which is where the cut off the portion of the disc that is protruding out from the herniation. imagine a hamburger patty that is sticking out from the bun....they just cut it off and make it flush so it is no longer protruding. i had my first surgery in september 2010 and within two weeks of surgery the disc re-herniated. my second surgery was exactly 4 months later in february 2011 and all was well for about 3-4 months and then it herniated again. now since so much of the disc has been removed, the disc is now significantly reduced in thickness as well as protruding and pushing on the nerves again. now a fusion is necessary for 2 reasons. first being that something is obviously happening causing the herniation to keep occurring. second the disc has lost so much thickness the surgeon says within 10 years no matter what the disc will be reduced so much that the vertebrae will be bone on bone. now this fusion is supposed to be the end all, ultimate fix but honestly it scares the ******* **** out of me. i don't want to go thru the pain of surgery again or the long ass recovery involved, plus i have seen fusions go bad and totally **** people for life. my surgeon is one of the best in the state and has performed thousands of spinal surgeries over the last 20+ years but hey **** happens and it truly scares the **** out of me.


good luck to both of you.

/threadjack

 

Yea dude, my grandma had like 15 back surgeries over the course of about 18years... when I was a kid I never remembered her fully healthy after I was like 8 or 9 (after a few of her surgeries it got even worse)... which sucks cuz she is so badass. She is a huge competitor so she didn't want to 'give up' on being able to still have mobility in her spine. She finally got a spinal fusion like 10 years ago. The huge problem was, because she was so stubborn, and didn't let them fuse her spine, the rest of her body is paying the price. She just had double knee replacement surgery a few years back and she need a new hip now... nor more softball for her.

With all my motorcycle, skiing, and surfing stunts I'm bound to pay the price sooner or later... and by the way my back feel probably sooner.

 

that's just plain crazy. there is no way i could endure all that. if this fusion doesn't fix me then i guess im fucked for the rest of my life cause i am not doing another after this nor will i afford to be able to. being out of work for 4 months (2 months each surgery) already takes a financial toll on you. no i have to be out for 3months for the fusion. that's a total of 7 months of no work in 20 months. and i will be living of of our tax return for those 3 months i am about to be out. i can't financially keep doing it let alone the effect it has on my body and mind.