New Spark Plug Technology

[charismaticmegafauna]

<snip>All a multi-prong plug does is lessen the chance of a plug not firing due to fouling, because the spark can jump to one of four places.

If spark energy is shunted to ground (fouled) via any (side electrode) grounding strap? Spark is effectively shorted to ground regardless of the number of electrodes (prongs).

And, no spark (firing) will occur....

No? :huh:

I didn't see anything "multi-prong" about the 'Pulstar', anyway.....

 

[ionbeam]

Well, the first thing that comes to mind is the need to notify the coil that it is now responsible to generate the 1,000,000 watts that will flow though the plug.

The next thing that concerns me is a motorcycle application where each single coil is double ended; one end supplying a positive voltage pulse to the plugs, the other a negative voltage to the plugs. Does this mean that when the coil is producing a negative voltage pulse it is sucking a 1,000,000 watts out of the motorcycle? :blink: How will the magic power multiplier on the positive core of the plug respond when the spark jumps from the body of the plug to the core of the plug? :dribble:

PM Jestal?? What kind of spark plugs does he have?

Plutonium239 plasma jet reactors. Using the stock coils his plugs not only produce a 1.5 million degree jet of plasma, it is followed by a 10 microsecond nuclear fission burst for that extra assurance of complete ignition. Err.... click on Jestal's name and in his personal profile, take a minute or two and sample some of his posts.

 

[Hit the Road Jack]

Plutonium239 plasma jet reactors. Using the stock coils his plugs not only produce a 1.5 million degree jet of plasma, it is followed by a 10 microsecond nuclear fission burst for that extra assurance of complete ignition. Err.... click on Jestal's name and in his personal profile, take a minute or two and sample some of his posts.

With that setup, you don't even need to use fuel!

 

[3dogs]

Several years ago I wrote a product review for MCN about Direct Hits (same company that produces these spark plugs) a product that was connected between a spark plug and its ignition wire. We ran dyno test before/after. No difference, in fact as I recall the engine was down 1 or 2 HP. I also tested the Direct Hits using an ignition scope and found no difference in firing voltage with/without the thing installed.

The spark plugs that they are selling will probably do nothing except waste money. I thought their website was well done (except for the flashing starts). And if I were 20 years old and had a "Tuner" car I'd probably buy some and tell you that my horsepower was a totally awesome...as like totally.

 

[nick]

What about a humble, quality NGK Iridium CR8-EIX ? Not much more than a stocker, but any improvements to mpg or smoothness or longevity ?

Nick

 

[painman]

On the horsepower page it says "1,000,000 watts". P=IxE, or 83,333 amps. at the input side of the rectifier, right? Zoinks! I think I'd need Doc to get me a "Mr Fusion Jr" to make that work.

If it said 1,000,000 "jigawatts" I'm buying.....PM. <>< :lol:

 

[El Gordo]

I gave up on that kinda crap years ago. I had a car that I kept adding all the new inventions that would give it 10-20% more mileage and after awhile it became a real pita....I had to keep draining off the fuel tank or it would overfill if I drove too far....

Ain't no free ride folks.

 

[Mr. Underhill]

OK, this company claims that this new plug burns fuel faster. Good?

I didn't see them address this point, but isn't there a small issue with rapid combustion of gas during the combustion cycle causing detonation and "pinging" the pistons off the cylinder walls?

This is the reason that we pay for "premium" fuel that is no different than the "regular" fuel other than it has a higher ratio of n-heptane added. Heptane is one of the two components of gasoline, used in variable ratios with iso-octane to retard combustion, preventing detonation in gas engines.

So, add more heptane to iso-octane, get a higher octane rating, a slower burning fuel, resulting in no pings. Less heptane in the ratio, lower octane rating, faster burning fuel. Which I have also read that higher octane fuels have less BTUs, so you pay more for less fuel energy. Go figure... The "premium" fuel game is a huge racket, IMHO.

If these plugs produce faster burn times, would this not have the same result as a lowering the octane, resulting in burning gas faster which would cause greater detonation in all engines?

Obviously not much of a benefit it that is the case. I am not a chemist, I only play one on television, so if I am off base here, straighten me out, you that know the mojo.

 

[jestal]

The burn rate of the fuel does not change. Premium does not burn slower or faster than regular....it just resists spontaneous combustion as the heat and pressure in the chamber rise so premium resists detonation better. The octane rating of the fuel has absolutely nothing to do with the burn rate of the fuel. Octane rating is purely a measure of the fuel's ability to resist detonation.

The idea of a spark plug changing the burn rate of the fuel is ludicrous....but it sounds good to the uninformed consumer. It is just mumbo jumbo created to try and sell 50 cent spark plugs for $20 to the unwarry.

The "ping" referred to is sound caused by the very rapid pressure rise in the chamber actually vibrating the walls of the combustion chamber and engine block. Much like hitting it with a hammer. The pressure rise when detonation occurs is so severe that it has the same mechanical effect on the structure of the engine as hitting it with a hammer, hence the "ping" sound. BTW...that "ping" is about 6400 hertz, the commonly recognized frequency of detonation.