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odie22
05-03-2008, 03:46 AM
iam have problmes with my crx, i have a fully built b20 vetc and i just put a head gasket on. the motor is 12:1/2 to 1 compresson and iam running 93 pump gas as of now. just put a new set of plugs in maybe a 2 days ago and i took the crx out for a 20 min ride and came back to check things out and check the plugs and they had a blue/purple tint to them what does this mean? to lean, maybe i need more spark or do i need to go to 110 vp race fuel:thinking:
greasemunkey
05-03-2008, 03:53 AM
too much gas I would think...what injectors you running?
odie22
05-03-2008, 03:57 AM
if it were too much gas would the plugs be black...
injectors are 440s
Krappy
05-03-2008, 08:38 AM
running octane boosters? denatured alcohol? or any other gas additives? that could cause the plug to turn colors...
odie22
05-03-2008, 02:07 PM
iam just running pump gas. no additives. aslo when it get hot there is a little skip in the motor... when the motor cools off i can start it back up then its fine up till it gets some temp in the motor. could this be lack of spark like do i need to run a msd box? i just have never seen plugs that turn blue/purple it just seen to me that its getting too hot or something. and thank for all the help so far reps for the help:D
greasemunkey
05-03-2008, 08:57 PM
not too sure but wouldn't high compression do that anyways? what brand spark plug do you have?
mr.koupe
05-03-2008, 09:12 PM
http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/techinfo/spark_plugs/faq/faqread2.asp
patrick4588
05-04-2008, 01:55 AM
what gap do you have the plugs at?>
odie22
05-04-2008, 03:23 AM
first set was at 35 may be 37. this set i went to 44 that what the crv calls for. both sets were NGKs
scttydb411
05-04-2008, 02:36 PM
silly question, but is it tuned yet? this could be the root of your problems. you can't just drop in a 12:1 on a stock ecu or basemap and everything be a-ok.
colder plugs
tune
done
patrick4588
05-04-2008, 11:48 PM
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silly question, but is it tuned yet? this could be the root of your problems. you can't just drop in a 12:1 on a stock ecu or basemap and everything be a-ok.
colder plugs
tune
done
true that
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