pulstar plugs

[wrecking-crew]

has anyone tryed these? if so, do they work like they say? or are they a scam?

not a product review.

 

[daniel3507]

gotta link? ive never even heard of them

 

[BlackBII]

Pfft. For the most part, a spark is a spark.

http://www.pulstar.com/

 

[Southern_Trendkill]

Changing your plugs won't do much unless the old ones were bad. If you want to get a more efficient burn, then the best thing you can do is install a high performance ignition system, then side gap the spark plugs and gap them slightly wider than the book says. Like maybe .05 in wider. That will get you a bigger, more efficient spark. No spark will do that on it's own.

 

[mentalbreakdown00]

It's a plug with a capacitor. I like the idea, but not wanting to pay for them.

 

[LearjetMinako]

Once fuel is ignitated, it burns at a pre-determined rate. With a better spark plug, you are just making sure that it does fire. Thou firing the spark sooner can give some gains.

I find each engine tends to like one plug or the other. The Blazer's engine had NGK once, but they only lasted 1k miles and was mis-firing. Went back to AC Delco's and everything was fine. My Ranger's 2.3L tends to like the Bosch Plats and runs smoother than any other 2.3L that I came across. The KLX250s runs a bit smoother with the NGK Ir plug. And the B&S 18.5hp mower engine didn't care when I switched from the factory B&S plug to a E3 plug.

Edit:
H&!($( F&*)( H*ll, there is no way that I'm paying $24.95 a plug. Thats $199.60 for the Ranger. Maybe the KLX since it only takes 1x plug.

 

[mentalbreakdown00]

well, in an ignition system you have a breakover voltage with little current then low voltage with higher current. A capacitor would relieve this and give a more instantaneous spark, but is it worth $100 something dollars, by no means. I High Performance Ignition Systems by Dr. Jacobs, he metions a few things on this. He found that using higher voltage to the coil greatly improves the spark energy. Now after stepping up the volatge to the coil the next basic thing to do it widen the gap since the coil has to do less work to produce a spark. You widen by .005 every few days until you can feel a missfire, then back down by about .007. Now he also states that he only advantage to fancy metal plugs he can see is the ability to widen the gap further since a lot of the metals use have a lower resistance or are better conductors, therefore lower voltage drop. Now that being said a multiple spark is goos when you don't have the computing power to read what each cylinder is doing by measuirng the current and adjusting voltage and current to it. Without readin it again that's about all I memeber.

 

[Bob Ayers]

Absolutely a total SCAM! You will be loosing electrical power due to dissipating power in the R-C network created!

 

[tony314]

I'm not spending 200 bucks for a tune up. Screw that. I'll stick with normal proven spark plugs. Only a crack head eco nut that has zero engine or car know how would buy these thinking he/she is saving gas and the planet!

 

[tony314]

We've got Bosch Platinums with the 2 or 4 or even 17 prong electrodes, the Splitfire BS, even the Brisk (Lamborghini plugs) that I was influenced into trying...all crap.
Sometimes you simply cannot reinvent the wheel, even if it involves a super conductive, flux capacitor driven, defribulating pinpoint laser spark.

 

[wrecking-crew]

splitfire is for cars with oil leaking into the cyliders. they dont foul as fast. e3 plugs are for the same thing and rich running engines. they dont foul even on 7 y/o gas.