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09-06-2005, 06:26 PM
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Crazy Spark Plugs Claim Increase of 50% in Gas Mileage
So, this explains itself, and I dun even know what to say about it. Seems crazy. I don't believe it. What does everyone else think?
<a href=http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/Firestorm.html target=_blank>FireStorm Spark Plugs</a> |
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09-06-2005, 06:46 PM
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Driving on E
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GS FAQ/Glossary, Busted/Confirmed Mods, Archive
You're right... that is crazy. Mabe I'll contact him and offer to do a published test on this website.
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09-06-2005, 06:55 PM
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*shrug*
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g-tech to check mileage/horsepower
Sounds good, but I wonder if he would have the junk to run it. Eliminates the need for a cat...gosh...
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09-06-2005, 09:23 PM
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Driving on E
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WTB: Scanguage 1 for $50.
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Sounds good, but I wonder if he would have the junk to run it. Eliminates the need for a cat...gosh...
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yeah, something about this sreams "too good to be true." I can't see something as simple as spark plugs causing such a difference in MPG. Especially when he claims that he took his design to Bosch (I think) and they just turned him away. That's the equivilant of saying, "I took the cure to cancer to Pfizer and they turned me away because they didn't have time to market my product."
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09-06-2005, 09:42 PM
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*shrug*
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Nobody say anything too interesting tonight
Mehbe on a beater though, considering he says it fills the cylinder with plasma which if I remember the universe at all is some crazy hot nucleai with no electrons attached...
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09-06-2005, 09:47 PM
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Driving on E
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Found a gold mine!!!
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Mehbe on a beater though, considering he says it fills the cylinder with plasma which if I remember the universe at all is some crazy hot nucleai with no electrons attached...
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The plasma claims always make me laugh. it would be just as ridiculous as saying, "The spark plugs create a black hole sucking all energy into them and expelling infinite energy at the same time."
Hell, I'd buy THAT spark plug... right after I buy my flux capacitor.
<img src = "http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.feagan/flux1.jpg"> |
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12-28-2005, 12:06 AM
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DirectHits
This will turn ordinary spark plugs into Crazy Plugs:
http://rpmoutlet.com/focu****s.htm
http://www.directhits.com/
Product discussion:
http://forum.mazda6tech.com/about2496-0-asc-0.html
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12-28-2005, 12:13 AM
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*shrug*
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You seem to be the spark
You seem to be the spark plug guru! Check out my post about grinding on the plugs a bit. I will do that pretty soon to my current plugs now that I have my own tools to mess with them.
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12-28-2005, 12:18 AM
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Below is an excerpt from
Below is an excerpt from Fran Giroux's Winter 2003-2004 newsletter concerning Direct Hits.
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Then I tested Direct Hits Spark plug zapper system, which replaces the resister plugs with non-resister plugs and attaches a capacitor on top of each and new wires. It’s a good thing these came with a money back guarantee because they were expensive $167 and didn’t do a thing for my mileage.
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12-28-2005, 12:20 AM
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Haha, wow, you must have
Haha, wow, you must have this guys newsletters down to memory. Guess I better go through the archives and read of of them, eh? Too bad about the system though.
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12-28-2005, 12:23 AM
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Quote:Haha, wow, you must
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Haha, wow, you must have this guys newsletters down to memory. Guess I better go through the archives and read of of them, eh? Too bad about the system though.
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I don't really have them memorized so much. I've read through most of them before and he has an alphbetical listing of topics at the beginning of the newsletter page for when I forget where something is.:-)
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12-28-2005, 11:52 AM
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Ignition enhancer
I think these type of things won't work on a well tuned car with good fuel. They might improve mileage if you are using ethanol blended gas or winter gas. The Firestorm plugs claim to increase combustion and therefore reduce emissions sufficiently to eliminate the smog pump, catalytic converter and exhaust gas recirculation system. Maybe the removal of those items is how they achieve improved mileage.
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12-28-2005, 12:02 PM
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DirectHits Review
http://www.off-road.com/products/reviews/directhits/hits.html
These guys seem to like it.
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12-29-2005, 08:36 AM
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Would installing a
Would installing a capacitive discharge ignition system be the same thing?
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