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Richard Casady Richard Casady is offline
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:20:11 +0100, "Edgar"
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"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:28:31 +0100, "Edgar"
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you will have trouble with plug oiling


A bandaid is platinum point plugs. Those fine wires can run very hot,
and cool fast enough to avoid preignition, and they don't burn up. The
auto makers recomment you change them every 100k miles.


But can you get them for a motor that requires 18mm plugs?


Good question. Wouldn't be that hard to bore out the hole a bit, to
the closest available larger size. Certainly plenty of metal around
the existing hole. I mean it isnt' a hemi with the biggest possible
valves. Two strokes are mostly flatheads.

Casady