Thread: Spark Plug tips gone!!! UPDATE 2/6/2011

Originally Posted by miker56

will it make them look like ****?

Well if you install them and put the RTV on them like a 2yr yes they will look like ****....

This my take some work but i would recommended getting rid of that stupid Downpipe that comes with these headers and try to go this route. In some way shape or form.

What heat range plug did you have in? Id run 103's or 104's in it

Originally Posted by 01gpgt01

What heat range plug did you have in? Id run 103's or 104's in it

he HAD.....stock ac-delco plugs in it. He now installed 605's for the time being.

when i 1st got my car i had a misfire and come to find out the tip on cyl. #4 was gone. but i have no damage to the engine from what i know. he may not have damage. u never know

It's always nice to hope...but with no flow mods and high compression...I highly doubt it.

Pull the plugs and put 103's in it, and hope that the damage was just isolated to plug. Id have a shop bore scope the effective cylinders and see if the piston looks like a dog chewed on it

But heat really doesn't cause that kind of damage really...something has to physically cause that damage...

Bookmark this...best plug images to date.

http://blog.carlist.my/wp-content/up...park_plugs.jpg

well yea i understand his reason since he didnt have flow mods but i did. idk where the tip went off my spark plug. maybe ill find it when i pull the motor lol

You won't find it...it'll be burned up in the combustion chamber...what you will find...is a chunk of your piston missing.

maybe the spark plug just got dropped and the piece broke off outside the engine lol. i will never know since i bought the car with a misfire and it was that simple spark plug fix

judging by the fact you had stock plugs in there. Im afraid it prob isnt good

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

But heat really doesn't cause that kind of damage really...something has to physically cause that damage...

Bookmark this...best plug images to date.

http://blog.carlist.my/wp-content/up...park_plugs.jpg

extremely good link nick.

So i am planning on the worst case Here are my new plans

1. Used L26 Bottom end
2. either s1x or xp cam
3. 110# Crow Springs
4. Double roller timing chain
5. SD Headers

Any imput would be greatly appricated, i am on a budget!

Skip the double roller honestly...you REALLY don't need it. You can get Crow 105's which what I'm guessing your talking about...OR...get a VS cam and use the factory valvetrain. Just a few options there. If you do get the Double Roller...the crank gear will have to be machined down so it doesn't crack or make contact with the oil pump cover

What?