Pulsar Plugs
i read some "technical specs" from the company and they claim to increase the wattage of the spark 10x. they say the plugs do this by decreasing the duration of the spark.
the theory is this- if you have 50w of sparking power, and say the regular spark lasts 0.01 seconds (it doesnt but il use easy numbers for demonstration purposes). their plugs take that same 50 watts of power and discharge it in 0.005 seconds supposedly creating a hotter and larger spark. you essentialy get more energy per unit of time.
not only would that not really do anything, but you could even argue this would be a bad thing. if you have such a fast spark that the mixture doesnt even have time to ignite, maybe the mix isnt correct and the piston needs that extra 3* of travel to get to the right compression before the spark is gone, but if the conditions arent perfect in that short amount of time, you will have a missfire. a longer burning spark, with the same number of watts, has more time to ignite the fuel air mix and make sure that the flame doesnt blow out, which when you are pumping a ton of air into the engine (say with a turbo) theres more of a chance to blow the flame out simply due to the air moving at such speed in the chamber.
also if your spark plugs are altering the time of ignition, that could cause other problems with our ECU. in high RPM situations that extra 0.001 whatever second that the plug holds the power instead of instantly releasing it could translate into several degrees of crank rotation.
the theory is this- if you have 50w of sparking power, and say the regular spark lasts 0.01 seconds (it doesnt but il use easy numbers for demonstration purposes). their plugs take that same 50 watts of power and discharge it in 0.005 seconds supposedly creating a hotter and larger spark. you essentialy get more energy per unit of time.
not only would that not really do anything, but you could even argue this would be a bad thing. if you have such a fast spark that the mixture doesnt even have time to ignite, maybe the mix isnt correct and the piston needs that extra 3* of travel to get to the right compression before the spark is gone, but if the conditions arent perfect in that short amount of time, you will have a missfire. a longer burning spark, with the same number of watts, has more time to ignite the fuel air mix and make sure that the flame doesnt blow out, which when you are pumping a ton of air into the engine (say with a turbo) theres more of a chance to blow the flame out simply due to the air moving at such speed in the chamber.
also if your spark plugs are altering the time of ignition, that could cause other problems with our ECU. in high RPM situations that extra 0.001 whatever second that the plug holds the power instead of instantly releasing it could translate into several degrees of crank rotation.
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