bobgoodman
New member
i changed the oil in my cruisemaster and my rv over the weekend, i have put 50 hours on the bellanca since this summer when i brought it home. i have most of the major kinks out, it's not leaking anything right now. i did notice that one of the heat shields on the intake maniford connection hoses was missing, so i made a new one and put it on. other than that, everythings ok. the filter was clean, some carbon, that's about it. it's loaded up with 80w for the "winter" (we don't have real winter here, just ersatz winter".
you have to take the lower cowl off the rv8 to change the oil, so while it was off i pulled the spark plugs to see what they were looking like. i have always used massive plugs and they were fine, a fine light grey color. they are very dependable and unless you drop them they last forever. but a friend gave me some fine wire plugs. i bench tested (for resistance) and bomb tested them and 5 or 6 tested good, so i put 4 of them on the rv to see if i could tell any difference.
i may be imagining things, but i think they do. i put them on the shower of sparks mag, and i believe it really starts better. i flew it around a little bit this afternoon, and i believe the motor is making more power. it sure feels different. its an o-360 lyc, and they are pretty shakey, and it still is, but it felt a little smoother. not smooth, just smoother. i had pretty full tanks but when i took off it seemed more powerful.
i was wondering if it was just that it sounded and felt "different", or if there really is a difference. the fine wire plugs are 38's, not 40's, so they should be a little cooler and i might have more lead buildup, but that's no big deal.
what is the consensus of the forum. honest, i'm not trolling trying to start a war. i just never flew an airplane with them before, that i know of.
i probably won't actually buy any, but it would be an interesting experiment to actually try to come up with some "real" numbers. unless i win the next mega millions lottery. but for that i would have to buy a ticket.
bobg
you have to take the lower cowl off the rv8 to change the oil, so while it was off i pulled the spark plugs to see what they were looking like. i have always used massive plugs and they were fine, a fine light grey color. they are very dependable and unless you drop them they last forever. but a friend gave me some fine wire plugs. i bench tested (for resistance) and bomb tested them and 5 or 6 tested good, so i put 4 of them on the rv to see if i could tell any difference.
i may be imagining things, but i think they do. i put them on the shower of sparks mag, and i believe it really starts better. i flew it around a little bit this afternoon, and i believe the motor is making more power. it sure feels different. its an o-360 lyc, and they are pretty shakey, and it still is, but it felt a little smoother. not smooth, just smoother. i had pretty full tanks but when i took off it seemed more powerful.
i was wondering if it was just that it sounded and felt "different", or if there really is a difference. the fine wire plugs are 38's, not 40's, so they should be a little cooler and i might have more lead buildup, but that's no big deal.
what is the consensus of the forum. honest, i'm not trolling trying to start a war. i just never flew an airplane with them before, that i know of.
i probably won't actually buy any, but it would be an interesting experiment to actually try to come up with some "real" numbers. unless i win the next mega millions lottery. but for that i would have to buy a ticket.
bobg
