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New plugs=lower mpg?

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Old Mar 27, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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New plugs=lower mpg?

I noticed a big drop in mpg (from about 270 miles to 240 miles on a full tank of gas) since I added some NGK BPR7EIX plugs. The car had some mods (tbe, drop-in filter, mail-in flash) and it was still getting 270 mpg before I replaced the oem plugs. My question is do I need a reflash for the plugs or simply a set of different plugs? Any advice will be greatly aprreciated.
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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have you check the gap of your new plugs, I believe they should be 0.044
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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Probably give it a tank or two to even back out. That happens to me as well after a plug change...
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 05:54 AM
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i have the same problem w/ my new bpr7eix plz help...
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 06:45 AM
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check the gap in the plug, also if u upgrade your plugs , the plug will burn and light the fuel quicker dropping your mpg
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Old Nov 23, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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Man, that reminds me I should probably check my plugs and replace them soon. I know a lot of guys change the gap when they run larger turbo's but shouldn't most of us keep them at standard gap?
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