You guys are some good humor today.

 

firebirdDud,

Invest in a good set of headers. Spark plug changes suck when working around the factory manifolds.

As for the spark plug gap thing... I think this has been discussed more than a few times now. Try a search and you'll find a good deal of info. Free of course.

-Mindgame

 

no injuneer, he was knocking me up above in a different post. That was why I explained to him why I couln't do it the instant he suggested it, as I have other things going on. So, yes, it was a bad judgement to get back at him. I will watch myself in the future.
my appologies to everyone.

 

well i took the plugs back out and regapped them and still have the same problem. i didnt see any arcing this time and i got all new wire seperaters and used several of them? i just have no idea what is killing my car..when i first put the delteq on it ran like a champ. my opti wouldnt let my car rev past 5000 rpm so that was the only reason i bought it. i may just get a new opti and go back the stock route...this is starting to get old. the car is fine until it warms up. and it is also backfiring through the cai. anymore ideas?

 

were your wires doing the halo thing? like you could see the glowing between the boot and the plug? did the gap lowering make the halo go away? just curious, I have a few plugs that glow.
thanks
Cody

 

Ya got something wrong with the tune,sensors,or valve adjustment.
I wouldn't go back to an opti 'cause ya are more than likely gonna have the same problem.
Ya may have to get it scanned (not for codes) to find the problem,so ya don't throw away a bunch of money on parts and still not fix it.
Maybe Injuneer will pop in and share some insight.

 

it took it away some..well actually alot but in the pitch dark you can still see it a lil bit. donno if its the kinda plugs i have or what the case may be

 

as far as the tune goes...do you think going to a z06 maf is hurting me? i just put that on there bout a week ago.

 

I understand ya have to retune to make it work. Our shop car is running one but it was done along with the tune and new engine.

Put your stock one back on,remove the bat cable for about 5 min and drive it for about 50 miles so it can relearn and see before ya get a mail order tune.
Did the problem start shortly after ya put it on?

 

no i was having the problem before i even changed the maf sensor. i have a madwolf tune and i have a ported stock maf and i told him about that when i bought the tune so im guessing he took care of that for me. maybe ill throw it back on anyway...i have nothing to lose by trying

 

could a vaccum leak be my problem? what are some symptoms of that? everyday when i first crank the car up if i dont rev it up a few times it idles really rough and i get a code 33 which i think is a low map sensor code... ive put a new map sensor on and it still does it

 

Vacuum leaks will cause all kind of different problems.

 

my guess is its the taylor wires, imo they suck. I had a set (2 actually i replaced them once to fix the problem but it didn't fixi it) and the did the same exact thing. Got myself a nice set of msd wires and problem solved.

 

id try going with some of the MSD SuperConductor wires (like jz3082 said) or some lower resistance race wire, this will lessen the chance of the wires arcing because the electricity will have an easier path to ground (less resistance) the way it should, over the plug gap. Make sure the wires have a really thick insulation jacket on them as well, (i know the 8mm SC wires do, i had some on my 94Z and i was very pleased with them) As long as the path of least resistance is across the plug gap and not between the wires themselves or the block or something, then you shouldnt have any arching problems. Also, it would be wise to keep the wires as short as you can, the less wire the pulse has to travel down the less resistance it will encounter.

Dielectric grease should be something you should be using anyway, because corrosion sucks. hope this helps.

-Ross

 

Well, I have the MSD 8.5 superconductor wires, and that didn't help. I still have that corrona effect, or halo as some call it. I used die electric grease before, and they arced from the boot end to the hex of the plug. I got new plugs, and cleaned the die electic grease off, still f in arcing. They didn't arc for about a day, and now it is back to doing it again. I have stock cut opti wires that are brand fricken new. Plugs are brand new. Someone has to know how to solve this annoying issue!
~Cody