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Reply #1 - 06/26/05 at 11:08:40
 
Thanks, Iridium combined w/ latest LED lights would allow for other touring accessory connections.
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Reply #2 - 06/26/05 at 12:05:22
 
Ah hem....different voltage and currents, though  Roll Eyes
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Reply #3 - 06/26/05 at 16:46:18
 
So, is anybody running an iridium plug in their Savage, and would you say  it is a noticeable improvement?
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Reply #4 - 06/26/05 at 17:03:10
 
I am but I honestly can't say for sure because I installed it when I rejetted the first time and installed my MAC.
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Reply #5 - 06/26/05 at 17:52:48
 
That reminds of a line I once read on Heise...

"You've only got one spark plug, so you might as well make it a good one."

Then there's another one from my old friend, Mark Twain...

"There's lies, darned lies and statistics."

Lower voltage requirements?  So how are you going to achieve that? Put in a crappy coil? Or a zener?  That info is useless since you're not going to be able to reduce voltage to the plug, and if you could, as Greg mentioned, whatcha gonna do with it?

What I read, or at least need to read from that is that the same amount of voltage, the Iridium plug creates a stronger spark.  I assume that from the chart, but that's only my inference.

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Reply #6 - 06/26/05 at 19:39:46
 
bentwheel wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06:
So, is anybody running an iridium plug in their Savage, and would you say  it is a noticeable improvement?

I got the NGK iridium plug a couple of months ago but I was tinkering with the jetting at the time so I don't know in itself how much difference it made.  I did read a thread awhile back by someone saying they noticed a small improvement in throttle response & power. One nice thing is that it didn't need to be indexed. The gap faces the intake valves without having to add washers.
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Reply #7 - 06/26/05 at 19:56:35
 
I am no engineer nor physicist, but this is the way it was explained to me.  Since a lower voltage is required to fire the spark, the spark kernel builds earlier than in a conventional plug, is exposed to the air/fuel mixture longer (we are talking micro-seconds here) and therefore a more complete burn and subsequent power.  

I have run an iridium plug for about 5,000 miles now with good results.  I can say that before I switched to iridium I was getting carbon fouling on the plug. Not so with the iridium. I run nothing but iridiums in my Camaro and Azteks with great results.
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Reply #8 - 06/26/05 at 21:28:31
 
Sorry, I don't have my manual handy - is it necessary to index the sparkplug?  I had always heard that this was a "getting that last one percent" sort of trick that wasn't really a big deal.  Does it help much?

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Reply #9 - 06/27/05 at 09:08:13
 
For the few that are interested http://www.iridiumsparkplugs.com/
To find performance increase click on iridum power then Performance Tuning then Tuner's Tales and select the vehicle of your choice.

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Reply #10 - 06/27/05 at 19:11:07
 
DavidV wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06:
Sorry, I don't have my manual handy - is it necessary to index the sparkplug?  I had always heard that this was a "getting that last one percent" sort of trick that wasn't really a big deal.  Does it help much?

Thanks, David

It probably doesn't make a noticeable difference, it's just something I picked up from a magazine years ago & did ever since. Probably makes more of a difference in higher rpm engines when ignition/combustion is more critical.
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