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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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GF, unless you have an ignition coil the produces the equivalent of a lightning bolt the spark is only going to jump to the point of least resistance regardless of how many ground electrodes are presented to it.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by gfburke
awesome, thanks guys.
i just didn't buy plugs,
was just curious glad you took it the right way and I didn't start a bunch of crap over it lol
 
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 11:16 AM
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Well I ended up doing my own 1K mile service. She runs much quieter, smoother with all synthetic. My clutch seems to shift better too. I still need to adjust my throttle cable as it has too much play at idel (wiggle, wiggle).
 
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