Split fire plugs

[ittybittyfds]

did I read that correct 16 Spark plug??????

 

[ISFast]

Yep! one on the top of the head and one on the bottom there is a jumper line from the coil back on the top to the bottom plug.

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[wiz1500]

Do not...I repeat ...DO NOT put a split fire plug in anything ever....
Here is the basic deal.. The ground electrode will inhibit ignition...
It will actually not light the fresh charge because of it's design and it will never fire across both points at the same time.....
I had a Vett ( LS6 ) come in years ago that would not idle no matter what we did with the tune. All engine sensors were looked at it just would start popping a spudering at anything under 1000 rpm. So I though well it's gotta be mechanical..So as I start to pull plugs for a leak down test. Low and behold guess what plug is in it.. Then I find out the problem started right after the customer did a plug change..

Seriously why didn't we start with all the information first Mr. customer (Like you worked on it )..BASTERED... I charged the shit out of him for being a ****...lmao
8 brand new NGK's and she was perrring like a kitten..

 

[Chris@FreedomMotorsports]

Seriously why didn't we start with all the information first Mr. customer (Like you worked on it )..BASTERED... I charged the shit out of him for being a ****...lmao
8 brand new NGK's and she was perrring like a kitten..

I am trying so hard not to wake the youngin's while fallin' out in the floor. Thanks, I needed that.......

 

[Yukon Joe]

I am trying so hard not to wake the youngin's while fallin' out in the floor. Thanks, I needed that.......

Chris, will you be carrying spark plugs?

Yukon Joe
Buffalo Run Support Raptor
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/showthread.php?p=364119

 

[Cleave]

Split fires can work, just the companies that make them don't tell anyone that you need a 200k-400k volt ignition system for them, while the systems in most vehicles max out at 120k volts, they are an awesome concept if someone actually made cars capable of utilizing them

 

[wiz1500]

Split fires can work, just the companies that make them don't tell anyone that you need a 200k-400k volt ignition system for them, while the systems in most vehicles max out at 120k volts, they are an awesome concept if someone actually made cars capable of utilizing them

There is a very small sliver of truth to the validity of running a twin ground plug so you can create two flame fronts and as you stated one of the limiters does revolve around sparking power..The weak power will keep the spark bouncing around the ground strap and it will not clean it's self. Plus the shielding I already brought up..
But the negatives will always keep them from being applicable..
We can't get an MSD 44 amp pro mag in our trucks and we don't have high enough cylinder PSI to warn't it anyway...Plus you already have two flame fronts because of the twin plug design of the 6.2 ..
I'll tell ya what I do... Look at what the pro's do...Nobody runs them if they helped in anyway at all they would.. Before it gets brought up i'll bet you that the guy who has or had E3 on the side of his car did NOT have them plugs in his motor...
Run from them... Run Forest Run.... LOL

 

[Chris@FreedomMotorsports]

Chris, will you be carrying spark plugs?

Yukon Joe
Buffalo Run Support Raptor
RPG and WSI present The South Dakota Buffalo Run - FORD RAPTOR FORUM - Ford SVT Raptor Forums - Ford Raptor

IDK Joe, I hadn't really thought about that, but I can if enough people wanted them. I can order them through AMSOIL, so the cost would be less than at O'reilly's or Autozone, etc. Things that make you go...

 

[Cleave]

I just realized there is a type of spark plug branded as a split fire, it has a single ground electrode with a split tip, is this what the original poster was talking about or the dual, tri, or quad ground electrode spark plugs I think everyone else thought he was talking about?

By the way, I was specifically thinking of quad electrode spark plugs when I was making my posts, I agree there is no reason to ever run dual, but the quad plugs have a unique firing pattern when the ignition system is up to the task

 

[Chris@FreedomMotorsports]

I believe the OP was referring to the actual split fire plugs. But IMHO, I would stay away from any of those other designs. I highly doubt you will ever see any real world benefit from those type of plugs in a street driven vehicle if at all.