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  1. 05-06-2010, 03:08 PM #1
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    How to Increase Your Gas Mileage by Over 20%

    http://www.reisvalleyandmudville.com...s/mileage.html

    So a friend introduced me to this article, and in the 4th paragraph something of interest stood out to me...

    "The big difference was using Double Platinum spark plugs by NGK, they added an additional 3 mpg, but by increasing the spark plug gap of these plugs by 20%, the mpg went from 46 to 54. I have duplicated these percentage results on other gas-powered vehicles driven under highway conditions. Vehicles driven around town using these suggestions will get better results than without, but it is more variable."

    He goes on to talk more about that in particular, and considering that we use these by default, I'm wondering what are your thoughts on his suggestions? I believe by default our factory plugs are gapped at .043, and the manual specifies a limit of .051.

    http://www.reisvalleyandmudville.com...s/mileage.html

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  2. 05-06-2010, 03:20 PM #2
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    I think its a load of bullplop, about the plugs at least. I didnt read any more of it.
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    lol, well the rest wasn't too interesting anyway.

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  4. 05-06-2010, 04:32 PM #4
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    Its Dat VTEC YO !
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    I don't believe it...
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    Truthfully these things will increase gas mileage but not by those numbers. It would be hardly noticeable, maybe 1 to 2 mpg.
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