i can't, I won't, and I don't stop

[IsaacHayes]

I put spark plugs in an old iron duke and when threading one in by hand the freaking park where the boot goes sheared off in my hand, clean through the ceramic and metal. I was like WTF?!! It must have been dropped at some point and cracked clean through the ceramic and metal. odd. I should of kept it.

[Rhedalert]

NGK's have been fine in both my cars.

[pocket-rocket]

I've been considering trying NGK after installing them in a van I worked on. I hate to think of that van though. 99 3400..... intake gaskets.... 2 gallons over full on the dip stick, and oil wasn't the only thing on it... Need I say more? That same engine runs today though

[Superdave]

i've had bad luck with all Bosch Platinum plugs on these engines.. the regular cheepies work great though. It has something to do with the waste spark system killing them.

Iridium plugs are the way to go though, they seem to last forever.. and at $7/plug they better.

[pocket-rocket]

The only problem I ever had with Bosch was recently when I couldn't figure out why the truck was mis-firing, until I saw one plug with the electrode and ceramic completely GONE. I kept it because I never seen anything like it before

I have one of those too. It came out of a 3100 in a Beretta. I just ran out to the garage to snap a pic, but I can't find it right now

[ForcedFirebird]

!!!!! BOSCHE PLUGS RULE !!!!!

Just not the +4's on these motors

My Ford with individual coil packs don't like them either, but I've had a single electrode Bosch last 111,000 miles in it, the MotorCraft stock replecement then only lasted 60,000 miles before the gap was over .040" too big O.O from the electrode burning away.

The only problem I ever had with Bosch was recently when I couldn't figure out why the truck was mis-firing, until I saw one plug with the electrode and ceramic completely GONE. I kept it because I never seen anything like it before - in all the used plugs I have seen. I'm going to drill a hole in the end and make a key ring out of it.

If we have a few minutes later, I'll see if I can get a pic uploaded (still at the shop :~)

[jp_grasshopper_007]

you can't say a 305 is like a 327

[powerdoctor]

Oh, the length of the belt and the extra pulley is parasitic drag, lmao, got any exact specs on that ....

I'm just messing with ya...

!!!!! BOSCHE PLUGS RULE !!!!!

[IsaacHayes]

BTW A/C doesn't rob any horsepower unless you are driving with it ON... Otherwise it's a free spinning pulley. Besides, when you got WOT it kicks it off anyways.... :P

[ForcedFirebird]

Can't we all just get along in the sandbox?

[powerdoctor]

I can understand that too...

I would of probably jumped on my ass as well for the first post.

But maybe subconsiously thats what I wanted, to test this site and see what kind of guru's lurk here ... ; )

Thank you once again bud.

[sprucegagt]

That's fine. But you can't say that these guys don't have similar or greater experience. You get defensive about your mods, and that's why every thread you start has deteriorated. I understand you've put a lot of thought into these mods and spent a lot of time on them, but that doesn't change the fact that you aren't going to get what you think out of them.

I couldn't of said it any better.

Powerdoctor, this is an enthusiast site. When you don't use hard numbers and specs, it immediately draws a red flag. Add in assumptions like 300 HP N/A plus a 200 HP Nitrous shot (er.. should I say N.O.S.) = 500 HP, and well you come off like a poser, not someone with 20 years of experience.

[powerdoctor]

The reason I picked the highest rated 5.0, 305 sbc was just to show what these "small" port engines are capable of.

No one really pushes 305's as being powerfull, but they can be, so I posted those figures.

There just seems to be a trend to cling to factory gm specs here, just because GM says its so , does not mean it is.
Gm screws with specs to stay in "competition" with cars in thier cars class.
Its politics...

If the "newer" way of rating H.P. is with all of the accesories on the engine, then the iron head 3.4 made a BHP of 160 with all of its accesories on it.

So if I drop the powersteering, A/C, add an electric fan and do nothing else, I should free up some H.P. , right?

So even if the A/C was good for robbing only 5 hp, and the fan with clutch robbed another 5hp, and the powersteering robbed only 5 hp, that would still be a net gain of 15 hp, and a conservitive 15 hp.

So now were up to 175.

Add headers, an exhuast, a cam, a cam and a tune, you would still be making more power, probably over 200 hp.

I started doing alarms and stereo systems at about 12/13 on my own.

I rebuilt my first engine at 14 when my cavalier blew up do to carying 8 12" cerwin vega subs in the back.

So If you want to be technical then I have 18 years of engines and 20 on cars in general.

I was a working certified mechanic at 19, still learning about "high performance" and practicing it as well.

At 25 I went a got my D.B.A. and have been self employed ever since.

An engine is an engine though... what aplies to one has bearing on all.

A 12 cylinder 5.7 lambo engine is no different than a 1.8 escort engine, or a briggs 5 horse, just bigger.

So again I am sorry if it seemed like I was acting like you all suck and I rule... that was not my intention.

I know cnc guy has alot of sweet crap he makes and I would love to work with him on parts for these engines.

Forced firebird has alot of good input...

Just realize I do as well, thats all.

I really do like this site, and I want to help with the forums, and maybe give a different point of view, fresh ideas, ect.... and hear other points of view.

Is that not how we learn more and expand our minds ?

[bszopi]

From the link you posted above, the engine you appear to be quoting (240hp @4000rpm) looks to be a 350, not a 305. The way that chart is laid out is pretty bad, so its hard to tell. But I like how you picked what is possibly the highest rated 305 (again, depending on how you read the chart).

The more you try to defend yourself, the more you keep digging the hole deeper. Hence the reason people continue to question your responses.

As far as experience goes, we are the same age, graduated the same year, etc. For 20 years experience, that would mean you've been working on engines since you were 12. I can say that I started working on engines with my dad when I was 9, so does that mean I have 23 years experience? I would never make that claim. I rebuilt my first engine (400SBC) when I was 17, and have been working on cars as a hobby since I was 14. But even I know that I don't know it all. I know a TON about these engines, but I learn something new all the time.

Maybe you should just stop where you are at, stop trying to come back to make yourself look right, and just go with the flow. You will get more respect that way.

[powerdoctor]

Cool, but I never once said I have more experience, or know more than anyone here.

I'm only 32, how much more will I learn by 42.... a shitload!

For my age, what I know now is still alot more than alot of techs twice my age and I have had alot of experience.

I am not the power " professor" or "master" or "god"

I am a doctor... lmao.

And I do love to help out others and try my best to not lead them down the wrong path.

Yes aluminum heads flow better than the iron, but to me iron will always be stronger and I can beat them harder and make up for lost N/A flow by boosting the system.

I am not pushing my veiws here, simply stateing my thoughts.

If I had an N/A engine, sure I would use the 3500 heads Ect...

But for boost and nos, I'd rather run iron...

Thanx for not being an ass and actually conversing with me... really, thanx.