Plug gap please?

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DOH said:
I would recommend going for the type Spike listed above , assuming the type on your car has the ignition leads with clips, that hold each lead to the 4 lead posts.

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I have this type fitted to my Puma and mine is a late 1999 model. Which did cause some confusion as the ignition lead manufacturer listed this coil pack up to only 1998.
My car has only had 1 previous owner and he informed me that the coil pack had never been changed , so it definitely came out of Fords with it in 1999.
It is guaranteed and the seller has good feedback.

I also recently noticed in a NGK spark plug listing that the plug gap has been reduced from 1.3mm to 1.0mm. However when I reduced the gap, the engine lost all of it's bottom end torque and didn't get going until 3500 RPM.
so make sure that you set your plugs at 1.3mm with this type of coil pack as the ignition map on the ECU has been set up with this plug gap.
You should also check the resistance of the 4 spark plug leads. A new lead will have a resistance of approx 5.5 K ohms. So leads approaching 8 K ohms are now at the end of their lifespan. This will dramatically improve the low end torque and also fuel consumption too.

The lower the ignition plug lead resistance reading the better, because the engine runs with unusually large plug gaps.

(Just to keep it in the thread)
 

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