Do you gap your sparkplugs?
Or straight outta the box...

 

I gap them. I need every bit of help I can get out of this 22-re

 

Always!

 

outta the box dont know how i would gap the platinums 4's

 

Pretty sure you can't gap those.

 

NGK come out of the box already gapped for my application. But some other brands have to be gapped.

 

I always check my plugs even if there already set just to be sure, so I voted gap em

 

I check'em as well. I had problems with the denso plugs from Toyota that were "pregapped". Always check them now.

 

what about the platinum 2's which are the replacement for my stock spark plugs. can you gap those?

 

I've always 'heard' that standard plugs can be gapped, but don't need to be. and that platinum plugs (any kind) should NOT be gapped. That is the reason for this pole. I'd like to see what others are doing. Most often I will check the gap with a feeler gauge and only once have I ever had to actually adjust to spec. But I think I dropped that one, trying to get it in the darned "5" hole, which ALWAYS gives me a hard time. In fact, I think I have a used plug sitting on that little shelf under the cylinder bank right now which I dropped on extraction.

 

easy, throw them in the garbage, buy a set of NGKs, and gap them

i gap mine to .040, i'm running an accel super stock coil. makes it easier to start the engine.

 

Ditto...

 

i used to check em and found that they've been fine every time.. so i just throw em in now. haven't had a problem yet

 

i buy them gapped and check em before i install them....

 

i gap the plugs that go in the taco, but everything else (4runner, lawnmower, quad) i could really care less

 

I gap mine to .065 every time.

 

Just curious, Ganoid, what does the over spec do for you?

 

gap em unless they come out of the box w/ the right gap

 

I am getting the Iridium Denso IK16's do they need to be gapped?

 

I always check the gap. Densos and NGK's are usually OK out of the box but occasionally one needs adjustment. When working on my old big block Ford, they always need gapping out of the box.