SO do you leave them at 040 or what?
Sam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Scott Quaranta
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 8:09 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Plug replacement
>
>
> 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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