Long story short, I had an air leak in the intake manifold gasket so I decided to replace it along with the spark plugs (while it was all opened up). When removed, only 6 of the 8 were functioning. So, how much HP was I losing from only have 6 fire? My mechanic said around 100 HP but that seems unrealistic to me.
2 blown spark plugs...how much HP was I losing?
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If only 6 were working all the time, then the engine would be very rough and you would know there was something very wrong. Just go out an unplug 2 wires and see how it runs!
I'm guessing 2 of the plugs were just occasionally not working, causing an occasional misfire, resulting in little power loss. I guess if you want to assume 2 plugs weren't firing at all, then you could multiply 2/8 by your power... 2 / 8 * 260 = 65hp
I'm guessing 2 of the plugs were just occasionally not working, causing an occasional misfire, resulting in little power loss. I guess if you want to assume 2 plugs weren't firing at all, then you could multiply 2/8 by your power... 2 / 8 * 260 = 65hp
Well there didn't appear to be any major problems when driving it. I've driving other GT's and it felt the same to me. I did get a chance to look at the old spark plugs and all of them (especially the 2) seemed pretty bad. All I know is the mechanic said that 2 were in such bad shape that he thought they hadn't been firing. We will see tomorrow when everything gets put back together and I take it on the road.
Maxpowers
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It is very obvious it you are missing a cylinder all together, and even more obvious if you are having spark issues because your motor will hesitate under heavy acceleration.
Notchbck93
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You had no check engine light on?
Trust me if you had two fouled plugs or bad coils, you'd not only feel it, your car would be beaming with the CEL.
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