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Old 10-19-2019, 12:06 PM
Steve C. Steve C. is offline
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One internet source....

Electricity follows the path of least resistance. It has nothing to do with a split tip or a fancy U groove! The sparkplug does one thing only. It acts as the grounding source for the ignition's electricity and that's it, period, end of story. The only difference with a sparkplug is that there is a gap in the current path which makes the spark. The size of the spark is dictated by the voltage and amperage output of your coil, and the output of your coil is dictated by the saturation (dwell) time of your ignition system.


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