Pulstar Plugs?
06-21-2007, 05:59 PM
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Pulstar Plugs?
Saw an ad for these in pop sci. I'm not one to call BS often, but there is just something about these that seem fishy. What do you guys think?
http://www.pulstarplug.com/
http://www.pulstarplug.com/
06-21-2007, 06:06 PM
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Re: Pulstar Plugs?
The "How they work link" is filled with a lot of inaccurate claims.
06-21-2007, 11:39 PM
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Re: Pulstar Plugs?
Yeah, they say they can turn heat energy into electricity too. If they could do that, we'd have a never ending source of energy. Geothermal energy baby! haha.
I believe that a hotter spark would give your engine more power, but nothing as noticeable as they claimed in the magazine ad. They put it at the same level as an exhaust upgrade
I believe that a hotter spark would give your engine more power, but nothing as noticeable as they claimed in the magazine ad. They put it at the same level as an exhaust upgrade
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Re: Pulstar Plugs?
The only possible way I see to even achieve the "1 million watts PEAK power" is to cut the length of the actual spark time down.
MSD's boxes do this to increase the actual power at the plug. Unfortunetly, they also learned that it's harder to light the mixture with a shorter spark duration. That's why it fires multiple times, to make sure it lights the mixture properly. Otherwise, the shorter duration will actually hurt.
In an aboslutly perfect world...it probably works. If anybody finds the cosmic gate into that world, let me know.
I wouldn't blame popular mechanics for somebody elses ad. There marketing dept. probably was fooled by those stupid diagrams. If they ran an article about it and claimed what the company did, then I'd blame them.
"Remember, pulstarplugs are an investment" Yeah, investment into their pockets.
MSD's boxes do this to increase the actual power at the plug. Unfortunetly, they also learned that it's harder to light the mixture with a shorter spark duration. That's why it fires multiple times, to make sure it lights the mixture properly. Otherwise, the shorter duration will actually hurt.
In an aboslutly perfect world...it probably works. If anybody finds the cosmic gate into that world, let me know.
I wouldn't blame popular mechanics for somebody elses ad. There marketing dept. probably was fooled by those stupid diagrams. If they ran an article about it and claimed what the company did, then I'd blame them.
"Remember, pulstarplugs are an investment" Yeah, investment into their pockets.
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