sparkplugs for 440

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I do not rate Champions (Others will disagree...) I had loads fail in road going motors - both electrical and mechanical - I switched to NGK's and have never had a failure....
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I used BP7ES on iron headed 440 at around 10.2:1 with big cam...race only, found these worked slightly better over 6's with a lot of fuel going in on my set up, never had a problem whether on mtr or on 175hp squirt.

Used 6's on the 340ci with 250hp squirt..not a sign of a tipped plug ..perfect.

If your running an MSD 6 or 7, don't go massive on plug gaps as some will suggest, keep it down to around .30 thou.

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Les, Why do the suggest such huge gaps...i think my compression was blowing them out with a 50+ thou gap as suggested ????

I went back to 30 and no probs :thumbright:
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I think its was mostly just advertising splurge Steve, remember pictures of a big massive spark on the ad.....theory being that a big longer duration spark will ignite your mixture better, not technically incorrect...but not quite reality as we know in all applications

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Bigger gaps are OK if you have the extra Zap to bridge the gap & ignite the fuel.

Same as the rest of motor, they are only guidelines & you need to adjust accordingly to suit your own particular engine . . .
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plug heat range is very important when gapping, i was running too colder plugs and closed the gap fairly tight but now i think the heat range is about right but i still run around .035 with msd.
I use the v power non- projected NGK's, although, i prefer the Autolite equivalent but they are more expensive.
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Indexing the plugs also helps...only you'll probably need more than one set or some plug indexing washers
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An NGK plug has a broader more flexible heat range spread in any one given plug number over most other makes, thats why they work so well straight away and give no problems.
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Les, what NGK plug would you suggest for my stock 383 4bbl (68).... May just try some out of curiosity next service....

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It would be XR4 or XR5. Being a stock motor and lower compression I would thing probably the XR4 as the part finder suggests.
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Thats great Dave, thanks as always for your advice on this!will try those next service (Spring now)

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As Steve said.......Great page for info! :thumbright:
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I'm about to swap to NGKs, my current plugs are Bosch FR8DC0 (360, Indy heads, 10.5:1.)

According to here...
http://www.sparkplug-crossreference.com ... _PN/FR8DC0

...NGK equivalent is BKR5E.

Is that ok or should I go to 6 or 7?
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5 sounds low...go for 6!
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