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Originally Posted by WaxyChicken
Alright, someone needs to educate me on this.
I thought the purpose of a spark plug was to ignite the gas vapor/mist to explode inside the chamber.
As far as i can tell, the only factors would be:
1 - response time between electricity sent to plug and when the plug actually sparks.
2 - wear and tear or durability
other than that, does it make any real difference? i mean - if it does the job of combusting the fuel then does one plug really work better than another? i thought an explosion was an explosion - they still have the same amount of fuel to ignite and the fuel still burns at the same rate.
I could understand the difference if one engine was igniting fireworks and the other was igniting TNT, but it's still gas in the same chamber. can you really get a bigger pow???
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Basically, no. As long as the ignition system is capable of handling the engine in question (rpm, compression ratio, etc.) and all else being equal.