X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from access.aic-fl.com ([207.30.253.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2629744 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:20:04 -0500 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.30.253.2; envelope-from=unicorn@gdsys.net Received: from main (gdsi-31.gdsys.net [207.30.255.31]) by access.aic-fl.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 4.5.6) with SMTP id for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:15:16 -0600 Message-ID: <000f01c84e45$f10389b0$1fff1ecf@main> From: "Richard Sohn" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Plugs Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:19:27 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01C84E13.A5E12500" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C84E13.A5E12500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Al Gietzen=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:05 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Plugs Subject: [FlyRotary] Plugs Has anyone used any "Pulstar" plugs? Is there really anything to it? = www.pulstarplug.com =20 Sounds to me a little like another bottle of snake oil. But, who = knows. Richard Sohn My take is that it is mostly snake oil; but could be beneficial if = your plugs are subject to fouling. There is very likely very little = additional power into the spark; but the available power is concentrated = into a very much shorter time - instead of lighting up the spark for 30 = millions of a second, it concentrates it into about a billionth of a = second (using their numbers). Whether this is really advantageous to = igniting the mixture; I don't know, my guess is probably not. =20 However; doing that would definitely more likely fire a fouled plug. = It is similar to holding a gap between the plug wire and the plug. I = remember from way back when I was a kid and had an oil-burning Chevy = that would foul plugs. Rigged about a 3/8" gap between the plug wire = and the plugs, and it would run fine. Al That is what it looks to me like. We put that gadget with a spak gab = on our bikes in the early '50s. Did'nt do very much.=20 Richard Sohn N2071U -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: = 1/2/2008 11:29 AM ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C84E13.A5E12500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Al = Gietzen=20
Sent: Thursday, January 03, = 2008 12:05=20 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = Plugs

Subject:=20 [FlyRotary] Plugs

 

Has anyone used any = "Pulstar"=20 plugs? Is there really anything to it?  www.pulstarplug.com =20

 

Sounds to me a little = like another=20 bottle of snake oil. But, who knows.

 

Richard = Sohn

 

My take = is that it=20 is mostly snake oil; but could be beneficial if your plugs are subject = to=20 fouling.  There is very likely very little additional power into = the=20 spark; but the available power is concentrated into a very much = shorter time =96=20 instead of lighting up the spark for 30 millions of a second, it = concentrates=20 it into about a billionth of a second (using their numbers).  = Whether=20 this is really advantageous to igniting the mixture; I don=92t know, = my guess is=20 probably not.  

 

However; = doing that=20 would definitely more likely fire a fouled plug. It is similar to = holding a=20 gap between the plug wire and the plug.  I remember from way back = when I=20 was a kid and had an oil-burning Chevy that would foul plugs. =  Rigged=20 about a 3/8=94 gap between the plug wire and the plugs, and it would = run=20 fine.

 

Al

 

That is what it looks to me like. We = put that=20 gadget with a spak gab on our bikes in the early '50s. Did'nt do very = much.=20

Richard = Sohn
N2071U

 
 
 
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