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Old Sep 18, 2003 | 12:00 PM
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Spark plug gap??

I use 0.60 with Pertronix and a Mallory coil. The rest of the ignition is all Ford, Plugs are autolite 45s. May go back to 45 and see if that makes any difference.
 
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Old Sep 18, 2003 | 05:17 PM
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Spark plug gap??

You want the biggest gap that your ignition system will support. For a coil/points setup it's around .035, for production electronic ingition (such as duraspark I&II) it's around .045, and for hot aftermarket setups like MSD it's typically around .055-.060.


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