Van's Air Force

The definitive Van's Aircraft support community! Buying, building or flying an RV? Join our exclusive family of mentors and enthusiasts!

Why don't we use 18mm spark plugs instead of fooling with spark plug adapters?

Depends on type. Looking at their catalog, bulk resistor wire that's available in blue:

Taylor 8mm Spiro Pro 35672 -> 350 ohms per foot
Taylor 8mm 409 Pro Race Spiral-Wound 36672 -> 3500 ohms per foot
Taylor 8mm High Energy 35652 -> 5000 ohms per foot
Pretty sure I have the spiro "something," but would have to check. I don't remeber it being a high resistance wire, but was many years ago when I made them.
 
I plan on calling Emag and MSD tomorrow to see if I can figure out what components I’d need to order. I find that I really enjoy having all 8 plugs firing!

If I can get part numbers I’ll post them here.
Autolite 386 18mm plugs have worked well for hundreds of hours in my IO360 with dual Emags. These plugs run a bit hot so be careful of of reduced heat margin
 
Back
Top