re Re: Blew a Spark Plug

["Smith, Kirby A" <kirby.a.smith@lmco.com>]

Don wrote, in part:

I've downloaded the Emhart catalogue and will sort through the gazillion 
heli's to see what works and if I need to buy any of those value-added 
"special tools" to add to the collection of one-time wonders.  Tomorrow 
I'll find out how much this stuff costs.
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Do we know what the effect of helicoiling will have on the apparent heat
range of the plugs.  I know that for the Corvair aluminum head, the factory
warned mechanics not to use antiseize on spark plugs as it would change the
thermal conductivity of the plug to head interface.  I would think a
helicoil would also do so on Audi aluminum heads.

Kirby A. Smith   New Hampshire USA
1988 90q Titanium gray, 182 kmi
1988 90q Stone gray, 187 kmi 
1988 90q Stone gray, 180 kmi - parts car
1995 S6 Pearl effect, 82 kmi