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Old Jan 24, 2004 | 07:08 PM
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Great Post. TTT!
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Old May 2, 2004 | 01:02 PM
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TTT again! I just installed IW24's. They are gapped at .65mm btw, I didn't change them. The power delivery is so much more linear, you can hear AND feel the difference in the spooling all the way to the redline.

Highly recommended esp. if you are rolling more boost than stock... which I have a feeling I am since the turboback install. Gotta get a gauge...

edit: corrected 22 -> 24

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Old May 2, 2004 | 06:20 PM
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You might even want to try the IW24's, it's one heat range cooler. It seems to work just fine even for daily driving (no fouling), of course most of us also frequently run the car pretty hard so... Should be fine for pretty much everyone here.
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Old May 2, 2004 | 06:30 PM
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Ah god I meant IW24's, sorry, brain fart!! My bad.
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Old May 21, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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TTT - thanks again SILVERSURFER
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by SILVER SURFER
You might even want to try the IW24's, it's one heat range cooler. It seems to work just fine even for daily driving (no fouling), of course most of us also frequently run the car pretty hard so... Should be fine for pretty much everyone here.

Thanks for the great post. I am runing ATP turbo kit and my boost is around 21 to 24 in some cases. I was thinking about buying IW24 8 to try and see how they work. Do I need to gap them? What is the TQ spec for our spark plugs?? thanks
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 01:41 PM
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so does more boost require a smaller gap or bigger?>
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 01:44 PM
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18 ft/lb

I believe the stock gap is normally between .24 and .28
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Event-Horizon
18 ft/lb

I believe the stock gap is normally between .24 and .28

are you sure its 18 ft/lb?
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 02:53 PM
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It's 18 ft/lbs - I just checked the manual.
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 03:04 PM
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photographs of all the aforementioned plugs after use would honestly be more valuable than your impressions.

that's how you tune the heat range of a plug. I'm having trouble imagining how you were fouling a 7 and not a colder 8 heat range assuming you changed nothing else. so there's my theory: you changed something else. same for the pinging IMO.
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by erioshi
It's 18 ft/lbs - I just checked the manual.
On your manual, what gap does it say for the sparkplugs? Mine says .039 ~ .43 in

A little big I think.
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Old Jun 30, 2004 | 04:21 PM
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I thought the gap should be .26~.027
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 03:29 PM
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what should i gap them?
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Old Jul 7, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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bump. How can i gap IW24 Iridium plugs. I know that i can't touch the middle. I just dont know how.
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