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Re:iridium plugs - again 2 Years, 10 Months ago
tsladden wrote: Just curious as to why the Iridium plugs increase performance or smooth out idle. I don't doubt the results, it just seems with two plugs per cylinder and electronic ignition it would be hard to improve the ignition. I hope someone knows the science behind this. Thanks! Noone ever answered this...Any spark plug gurus?

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