EDIT: title name should read spark plug WIRE mod

so i was told about a simple and free mod for the spark plugs that was "said" to net about 10-15 HP... now dont get me wrong... im not taking this for a grain of salt... but i was wondering if anyone had heard about this...

the basic thought is, improve spark efficiency... by shortening the ground side to almost nothing, and grounding out to the small bolt on top of the head that holds the plug harnesses down... or something like that... has anyone heard about this? does it work? is it worth it? i dont really want to be the first to try it as i only have the cobalt and if i **** up my car... well im stuck... thoughts? and just so you know... i did google it and found nothing lol

 

to a degree yes but it milia secounds your cutting out for posative to hit ground.... for if you think about it long posative then short negative it will take the posative to get to the longer spark then it would hit ground and there forth make the spark faster..... i just say the better the ground is the better your off... for if you do the mod you might....might get a missfire...

 

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i put a new hazard switch in my car since it broke and it gave me 25.5 hp

try it

 

Filing down the electrodes was an old-school trick to get better flame propogation at the cost of shorter plug life.

As far as grounding, I don't see how you could get a more direct ground than the plug body already provides to the head...

 

ok......

 

was that english? some of that made sense... and some of it was like... wtf?

yeah... and my blue dash trim gave me an extra 100WHP... 25 for each of the four pieces... stop being a troll... and get a life...

i was just wondering... a friend of mine said he saw this in a magazine a "few months after the SS/SC cobalt was released". not too sure though... he does have a cammed c6 corvette with full bolt ons, and a fully build 2002 silverado with the 5.3l vortec... mean cars... i trust the guy... but i have NEVER heard about shortening the ground side wire... and the gains he said he read seemed way off for a few inches of ground side wiring...

 

alright bro. it was more of being a joke than being a troll. i never heard of such thing so i didnt think it would be true.

 

good logic... ive never heard of it so it must not be true

 

We saw gains of 5-6whp with nology wires on a ls1 camaro

 

kinda got a yoda thing goin on...lol

 

this is stupid..

 

so you wasted your time, my time, and the time of everyone else with your post why? if its stupid why bother to comment?

as for the trollin, i was messin with you. i know you were joking lol

 

Stop being a puss.

 

Cobalts have plug wires? ......

 

you will get more if you port that lsj manifold as for the ground thing its not worth the time, and it might not even work. invest the time into somthing that will work and better.

 

This.

 

People still do that?

I haven't ported an LSJ mani in a long time, but yeah they did provide decent gains.

 

i just sold him my old one for $35 last week. lol