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It snowed way more afterward, but I only went out when it first started.
 

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Morning!

Had to buy a new set of spark plugs over the weekend after some misfiring developed in my #4 cylinder; Car runs super nice now! I didn't realize the weird lag was probably coming from cooked plugs... the electrodes were basically gone on all of them.
 
Honda-Fan said:
Morning!

Had to buy a new set of spark plugs over the weekend after some misfiring developed in my #4 cylinder; Car runs super nice now! I didn't realize the weird lag was probably coming from cooked plugs... the electrodes were basically gone on all of them.
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How many miles on the plugs?
 
webby said:
seems low to have them basically gone
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not when youre street racing all the time.
i had to change mine at about 80k kms. according to my tuner though. not sure if i trust what he says since he made me replace my o2 sensor as well recently because he wasnt seeing enough a/f changes with his revisions.
 
webby said:
seems low to have them basically gone
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So the plugs still provide spark just fine -- what keeps happening (as this is technically the second time I've experienced this) is that the fine wire keeps getting burned off, thus widening the gap too far for reliable combustion.

I run NGK Iridiums, and what I suspect aside from my driving habits, is that they revised these for longevity issues at some point. The box I'd bought before had an 'A' in the code and were visibly smaller than the new box, which has a 'B' in the code. My Dad noticed the code difference before I took one out of the box for comparison; the ribs were way bigger than the older ones.

A diagram of what the electrode setup looks like -- The little wire pieces in the middle are what burn off.

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Janz3n said:
not when youre street racing all the time.
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webby said:
hondafan does seem like a massive street racer :vtec:
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So I install one of those steering wheel covers you have to sew together in the tacoma. did one in my golf a few years ago. Both times I've been disappointed. It's not easy to do and I always seem to get wrinkles and some material is sticking out of the trim. I spent a good 2 hours on it.

Edited: re did the upper part of the wheel and made it better. It's 86% good now. Im still not happy with it over all. I wish they would give more material on the edges that go behind the trims and air bag to tuck it better.

It's such a good idea but take a lot of effort to make perfect. I think I'd rather save my time and buy a new wheel instead. Amazon has a heated wheel for $530 cnd. Comes with the switch. Wheel and clock spring. And it looks sportier.


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