on 11/27/00 7:52 PM, Sam Parthemer at srp@home.com wrote:
> Well I went with the 3923's as people recommended: broke 6 of 8 oem plugs
> getting them out.
>
> Gapped the 3923s to 040, and installed. During this I had a brain fart and
> mixed up cyl 1/3, 2/4 with the plug wires. WOW! With my '72 Dart the 318
> would just miss a bit, you'd swap the plug wires, things would smooth out
> and that's that. NOT SO with the RT...
>
> The 5.9 w/headers and complete 3" exhaust to duals out the roll pan was a
> sound I couldn't even try to explain. A slight rough idle (cam like), then
> a back fire that sounded like water bubbling up in a pond. 4-5 blue smoke
> rings out the back and I figured out what was what... After corrected the
> wire routing, everything was fine. No real power differences felt, nor any
> losses either. My oem plugs with 32k were gapped to 045-050, evenly worn,
> slight orange/grey tipped. Next step is MSD to get a better spark, and
> regap the plugs to MSD specs.
>
> Sam '00 RT
>
>
>
Hi Sam,
Have you been sleeping in class... just kidding Dont re gap for the msd
it will slow you down, they recommend .050-.060 , I did it and what a turd
the truck looses a lot of response. there have been several post on this.
Scott Q
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