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Old Feb 21, 2002 | 11:27 PM
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Spark gap with MSD ignition.

I put an MSD 6a ignition with their blaster coil in my 95 300/6 and am curious as to what kind of plug gap i should run, what you guys have had good luck with? Also, i'm wondering what kind of plugs you guys are running in your 300/6s, should i just stick with motorcraft? I think i have champions in there now. Thanks in advance.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2002 | 07:43 AM
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Spark gap with MSD ignition.

go with split fire plug and gap at .55to.60 that will be good.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2002 | 09:04 AM
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Spark gap with MSD ignition.

I was hoping someone would mention split fire because i have 6 of them that i got for free for my truck:7
 
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Old Feb 24, 2002 | 09:06 PM
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Spark gap with MSD ignition.

I've never had any experiance with any sort of "fancy" plug that would come close to making them worth their money. Just an expensive gimmick. I just run plain Autolites. Sorry, cant tell you about the gap... MSD should have the specs. Please post your impressions of the 6A when you get done though!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 10:16 AM
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Spark gap with MSD ignition.

221, since you have the Blaster coil, you can gap at .055", then if mis-fires occur, drop the gap down to .050".

All of the Blasters put out about 45K volts, so I wouldn't go above .055", at any rate. I am also a firm believer in low resistance sparkplug wires. A set of these will allow more usable voltage to reach the plugs.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 02:05 PM
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Spark gap with MSD ignition.

Check out "MSD ignition" in the 87-96 truck forum, its on the first page of listings, some good info there.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2002 | 08:51 AM
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