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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 05:55 PM
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Just bought a set of pfr7b's,and heard that they should be set to right gap,
the car will hopefully be runnin arround 340bhp at arround 1.3-1.4 bar boost,
mapping next week,
so does anyone know the correct gap size please in mm?
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by H4RDY-P1
Just bought a set of pfr7b's,and heard that they should be set to right gap,
the car will hopefully be runnin arround 340bhp at arround 1.3-1.4 bar boost,
mapping next week,
so does anyone know the correct gap size please in mm?
bout .6 mm is good
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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I'd say 0.7mm
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 06:19 PM
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I have mine set at 0.6mm
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Now im stuffed 0,6 or 0.7?
what would happen anyway if say the gap was too small or too big?
has it really got too be exact?
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by H4RDY-P1
Now im stuffed 0,6 or 0.7?
what would happen anyway if say the gap was too small or too big?
has it really got too be exact?
Too small causes idling problems, too large causes problems when giving ti some.
0.6 or 0.7 are about right, you probably wont notice the difference between them.
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 09:10 PM
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id say 0.65 then you def wont be far wrong lol!!
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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0.6mm is what you want then when you get in the boost hard you will not get blow by?
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