RE: [DML] Re: DMC spark plugs

["Joseph Kuchan" <josephkuchan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you've boosted your car with a turbo or supercharger, then upgrading the 
ignition makes sense, both in theory and practice. If your car isn't 
boosted, then I agree with John that any "performance" increase is likely to 
fall somewhere between nil and virtually non-existent. I agree that 
replacing almost ANY 25 year old igbnition with almost ANY new ignition 
could be like night and day.

-Joe Kuchan


>From: Josh Keady <joshkeady@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [DML] Re: DMC spark plugs
>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:50:47 -0800
>
>One thing you certainly want to keep in mind when listening to people's
>successes with ignition components is the fact that they may well have been
>replacing complete junk.
>
>If you replace a 25 year old coil, cap, rotor, plugs, and wires with brand
>new 9.5 mm wires, platinum plugs, top of the line dist. cap and rotor, and 
>a
>"high performance" coil... the difference may well be night and day.
>
>But if you replace those 25 year old parts with 7.5 mm wires, cheapo
>Autolite sparkplugs, and an OEM cap, rotor, and coil, the difference may
>well be night and day, simply because what you had before was crap and what
>you have now functions well.  Longevity... well, that's another topic.
>Performance... well, the PRV isn't exactly a ground-pounder and I really
>would like to see some dyno numbers that say it's worth it to throw on a
>bunch of "high-performance" (note the quotes) ignition parts.
>
>And speaking of dyno numbers, I'm really surprised to see that only one or
>two people spoke up about having a dyno session at a DeLorean event.  It
>seems like more people would want to have hard data about the state of 
>their
>powertrain than just the seat of the pants "feels like it's running right 
>to
>me" (affectionately known as "the ass dyno".)
>
>Josh
>
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