Part 2: Reading Plugs, pistons, and valves (with Pics)

timsiford at hushmail.com timsiford at hushmail.com
Sun Dec 3 02:00:25 GMT 2000


I thought that the plugs had the correct reach.  But, then again, what is 
the 'correct' reach?  From the Pics you can see that only the end portion 
of the plug was in the chamber.  That looks good to me.  Is that right?

Tim


At Sat, 2 Dec 2000 18:43:56 -0700, "Programmer" <nwester at eidnet.org> wrote:

>
>Looked at the pics...Shouldn't those plugs have a taper seat ? Did they 
>sell
>you plugs with the wrong reach ??
>Orange is just fuel additive package...looks like it was
>definitely on the fat side of tuning.
>
>Lyndon
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <timsiford at hushmail.com>
>To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
>Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 4:45 PM
>Subject: Part 2: Reading Plugs, pistons, and valves (with Pics)
>
>
>> I have pics of my head gasket swap (teardown).  Any advice you can 
>offer
>> would be great.  All in all ... I 'think' everything looks good.  
>But,
>this
>> is only the second time I have had the heads off.  The only problem 
>is
>that
>> I see lots of Orange.  I don't know why everything is so Orange.  
>Anyone?
>>  I have pics of the plugs, the pistons, and the head chambers from 
>each
>> side.
>>
>> Also, these pictures clearly document how the rear cylinders run rich 
>with
>> the TPIS MiniRam.
>>
>> Go to ...
>> http://www.picturetrail.com/traxion
>> Click on '1990 IROC Z28 Pictures' and then you can view thumbnails 
>on the
>> left.
>>
>> BTW - www.picturetrail.com is pretty cool.  I uploaded all of my pics
>through
>> this free service.
>>
>> Again, any advice or help is appreciated.
>>
>> Tim
>
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