From: boogerpicker@wazoo.net   
      
   >> > About a week before installing them I was watching some hot rod tv   
   >> > show where they were testing OEM vs, Iridium spark plugs in a   
   >> > performance engine with various lab test equipment.   
   >> > The results showed not only a 4 horsepower gain (in a 350hp engine   
   >> > though), but also a very slight (.07%) increase in fuel economy.   
   >   
   > Oh good bloody grief!   
   >   
   >> > They then showed the difference in spark the two plugs make...the   
   >> > Iridium plug was much brighter and had a much thicker spark than the   
   >> > OEM plugs.   
   >   
   > Yeah, also bullshit.   
   >   
   >> So they glow brighter and in a 150 hp 4 cyl you'd see a 2 hp gain?   
   >   
   > The claim is a increase of four horsepower, not two.   
      
      
      
   4 HP in a 350. In a 4 cyl it would be considerably less as I originally   
   stated.   
      
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