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Posted: March 16 2008 02:52 AM
 
Leo Gengler (aka roofcam34) [ View ] [ leogengler@msn.com ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
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Just wondering if anyone has experimented with the Pulstar plug as a replacement for the standard type spark plugs on your car/rod/truck?


Interesting theory, but a bit pricey at $24 each. With its advertised 6% increase in fuel efficiency, it would take many miles to recover the higher cost of these plugs. The company claims a payback in a year or less (based on how many miles?). It also claims increased horsepower and torque, but I'm unsure of the specific claim in these areas.


Just curious!


Here's a link if you want to take a look... http://www.pulstarplug.com/
 
 
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Posted by da34guy  -  03/16/2008 07:14 AM
Another FLIM FLAM product-

Do the math 15mpg x 6% =.9 more mpg.

What next?????????????

I'll stick with my $2.00 A/C's
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Posted by artie  -  03/16/2008 08:47 AM
How about the tornado that is installed in air intake. This all sounds good but I am a sceptic at heart and now that I live in Missouri you have to show me.
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Posted by Willys33  -  03/16/2008 08:56 AM
More math. The ideal fuel air mixture is (I think) 17.1:1. This means that to completely consume a given amount of gasoline you will need a given amount of oxygen. A gallon of gas has a given amount of BTUs, no more, no less. These are not variables, they are etched in stone. Put another plug in the hole and the formular changes???? You want better milage, tune the car including the carb (fuel injection does it once every 20 miliseconds or so), change your gearing, lose weight, leave the spare tire at home, check your tire pressure, etc. Now, multiply the numbere of cylinders in your street rod by $24 and send it to me! One week only...$20!
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Posted by prost56  -  03/16/2008 08:57 AM
little to price"e for me...
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Posted by Starfire  -  03/16/2008 10:39 AM
Save your money! In 52 years of having grease under the fingernails it's been my experience that it is best to stick with the plug originally specified for an engine by the factory unless the engine is totally removed from being close to its original configuration. If you are running a GM engine stick with an AC plug, if running a Ford engine stick with Motorcraft, running a Chrysler engine you're on your own. Yeah, depending upon your typical altitude for most of your driving or the humidity typically where you drive you can get a minor increase in fuel economy by going to a hotter or colder plug. For weekend go to the Fun Run or car show driving it's really not worth the effort to try and figure out whether a hotter or colder plug is best. If it runs good with a stock plug, best just leave things alone.
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Posted by roofcam34  -  03/16/2008 11:44 AM
And....I bet that most that ever install one of the "mileage gain" gimmicks likely changes their driving habits, trying to get an improvement, which is probably the only reason any improvement is realized.
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Posted by BigAlBre  -  03/16/2008 12:37 PM
You can bet if it works the auto companies or big oil would have bought the patent.... there's no free lunch!!
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Posted by scooting  -  03/16/2008 01:50 PM
Isn't this just a play on the Cap Discharge systems from years ago? Looks like similar technology and could have results of a greater spark. Now, what the difference in that spark is going to really "buy" you is open to great debate. Truefully, I would think you would be better off with an ignition system from MSD, Jacobs, or Accell if you are worried that you are not getting proper spark. I also agree that a simple quality system will preform on the street so good that you will never see the difference. Better to put your money to use by using quality wires, good plugs, and a well preforming ignition system. Say, have you put nitrogen in your tires yet? That is another "don't really matter" option to spend money on.
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Posted by reneg8d  -  03/16/2008 01:59 PM
Starfire, I'll go along with AC plugs in GMs and Motorcraft/Autolites in F*rds.. I thought everybody knew that Mother Mopar used/uses Champion... Mid 80-'s Mopars would barely run on anything else... On another note.. platinum plugs of any kind in a turbo engine are a no-no... Ask me how I learned this....

Steve
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Posted by Starfire  -  03/16/2008 02:45 PM
Yeah, I know Mopar is usually Champion. I just don't like Champion plugs in anything bigger than a lawn mower. Never seen a set that was good for more than 5,000 miles before breaking down, but then I never owned a Mopar anything either. On the subject of plugs the one thing no one has mentioned in this thread is if one alters the distributor, coil, and plug wires from the factory original the original spark plugs specified for the engine type may be wrong for the new setup. The variables being plug wire resistance, coil output volts, and the dielectric strength of the plug's porcelain insulator. Increase the coil voltage, drop the plug wire resistance and probably end up with a real bad case of plug insulator blistering along with a neat display of spark shorting to the block in the dark. In the case of a complete ignition system coming from a given vendor, its probably a good idea to stick with the plug recommendations of that vendor even if contrary to original specs for the engine.
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Posted by JAWS  -  03/16/2008 03:25 PM
Willys, you meant 14.7:1...Thats stoichiometric......what that means, well in layman's terms...that's the ideal air to fuel mixture ratio to get the lowest emissions. Lower number, say 13:1 would be richer, and vice versus leaner for higher number. Best performance is around 13ish, but that all depends on, well lots of things........


-Brant
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Posted by Willys33  -  03/16/2008 07:11 PM
Jaws, thanks for the correction...couldn't remember the number much less look up the spelling of stoichiometric. Took two college chem classes and never did learn that word but the instructor was from New York City and it sounded very natural when he said it.
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Posted by JAWS  -  03/16/2008 08:09 PM
I cheated, I used spellcheck...
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Posted by kerpal  -  07/02/2008 01:57 AM
My question is, will it really add up some power to your car after installing Pulstar Plugs. How will does it make your ride efficient yet powerful? Visit this Pulstar Plug to have a better explanation. But my question is still unanswered. It only said that its power is 10 times stronger than of the ordinary spark plugs.
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Posted by JAWS  -  07/02/2008 03:50 AM
I'll put it this way, multiple spark in a cylinder full of compressed fuel/air mix will theoretically burn more completely. as the flame front moves across the mixture a second spark would ignite another and on and on. How a plug can do that is beyond me. I have no idea how that plug would be made, well that's not entirely true, I can speculate.


This is the reason MSD ignition systems are so popular. MSD stands for multiple spark discharge. Which during a normal ignition cycle the normal ignition system sends one spark. MSD system sends multiple during a sweep of 22 degrees of crankshaft rotation. How many spark pulses is that? I have no idea.


So that said, yes anytime you can get all the fuel or as close to all the fuel/air mixture burned, then the engine will have to make more power and thus be more efficient. If those plugs can get it done, then in theory they would have the same result.


-Brant
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