Silver Plats

[PDQSHIP@aol.com]

In a message dated 95-09-07 02:42:58 EDT, you write:

>What is the difference between the Platinums and the "Platins?"  I ran 
>the Platinums in both the GT and the 4KS and was not impressed.  When I 
>switched back to the triple electrodes, there was a noticable improvement 
>in idle smoothness, starting and throttle response.  And they weren't old 
>plugs by any means; the ones out of the GT only had 35K miles on them, 
>supposedly "peanuts" for a platinum plug.
>
>Comments anyone?  TIA
>
>Gary

Well, the "Platins" are a solid electrode of Platinum vs the "Platinums"
which have only the very tip of platinum ......   Hmmmm, regarding the
platinums, I usually burn thru a set of them in less that 5k miles (course
now with 16 crank advance and the RS2 I would be running a little
hottrnmost), so I would have done at least 6 changes of Platinums for the one
you did....  Given the 10.00 Trak Auto price for a set, I figgrd WR7's to be
like changing oil.....  I have a set of Platins (and 10.00 doesn;t even buy
one of them, 23.00 dealer) that I will be installing which should last at
least 30k......  The nice thing about the Platins is they are much cooler and
are available in the "5" heat range vs the 7 of the platinums.....  Triple
electrodes are neat toys, but they are not as good in practice as you might
think....  Without getting tooo nerdy (WOGTN), the problem with triples is
that they tend to fire to one or the other fork, and since both do not have
the same resistance, you really don't have a consistant spark......  They
should be better in a Motronic car than a CIS car, cuz you have individual
coils in the motronic car vs a single "triggr" coil in the CIS vehicles....
 Triples, not me, you are better off aligning a good set of platin/ums for
optimal spark.....

My .02

Scott
PDQSHIP@aol.com  IA stage II, 3in exh, tweeks etc... 
87 5KTQRS2
87 5KTQ stock