Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 100,000 mile spark plugs....

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

wow that gap is around 10 times the ferrari gap!!


On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:39 PM, robert_h_bowser [at] juno.com wrote:

> As racing season is coming up, I decided to change the spark plugs  
> in my Z06.  Never done that before.  The car has 102K miles on it,  
> all on the same set of plugs.  I've run the car in 24 Open Road  
> Races, so about 2400 of those miles were at 140+ mph.  Most of the  
> rest were freeway miles, but I expected some significant wear on the  
> electrodes.  I (with much difficulty) pulled them out, and, much to  
> my surprise,...they looked pretty much brand new.  Few deposits.   
> Little change to the electrodes.  Amazing.
>
> I've attached a picture.  New vs. old plugs.
>
> Bob
> '78 308GTS
> '01 Corvette Z06
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