I was just wondering what the spark plug gap was for my 1988 22R-E. I ordered the platinum NKG's and i will get them tommorow and install them tommorow along with some other goodies. Any help much appreciated. JvD would it say in a haynes manual?

 

Yeah, chilton or haynes would have it.

It's .031".

But you're not supposed to adjust the gap on platinum plugs. Though I've done it on some that weren't correctly gapped when I pulled them out of the box. VERY CAREFULLY I might add, and they were the cheap type that were really just conventional plugs "plated" with platinum on the electrodes . The platinum pads on spendier platinum plugs can be chipped off or damaged or you can ruin the center electrode if it's the fine wire type very easily.

 

wut would putting a bigger gap do

 

the spec is .031" but I have found that .035" results in a smoother idle

 

really ive always thought about doing it but i never have i have a 3.0 and i just got ngk plugs so im gonna put a bigger gap on them how big do u think i can go