Re: Platinums...turbo...oh, bad!

[Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>]

> post was, in effect, saying that experience and knowledge have no value with
> respect to plug use. And that using platinum plugs, of any sort, in the turbo
> applications is acceptable BECAUSE the triple plats work fine in the 20v. That
> is flawed logic. We do not need people rushing out to use the +4s improperly.
> There were already enough problems with the single electrode plats in the 10v
> engines. Chief of which was the inconsistency of the feedback from turbo
> owners. Some people seem to have gotten them to work, most didn't.

Yes, it's not plugs that use platinum in the electrodes that are the problem,
it's the plugs made by Bosch called 'platinum' that are!

I have used Autolite Platinums in my 5kCSQ with no problems and would
again.  Currently it is running NGK BP6ET, a triple electrode plug.

> 	And, so far as I know, no one was "bashing" the new plats. My comment was to
> wait until Bosch made a recommendation. Gary Lewis thought the post may have
> been directed at him, but he seems likewise to be waiting on positive
> experience (and/or a Bosch recommendation).
> 	Whether the +4s will or will not work is yet to be seen. With the hit and
> miss success so far, I'm like Gary -- use of +4s in the turbo cars is a no-

I agree.  The case hasn't even gone to the jury with the +4s.  They should
work fine as long as the center electrode doesn't erode away...

As far as I know, the problem with the platinums was that center electrode
was very thin and with the extra heat of the turbo motor, eroded _very_
quickly.

Orin.