Has anyone tried a iCat Spark Enhancer, it is very pricey..>>> iCat Spark Enhancer | MX Electrical Accessories
iCat Spark Enhancer
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I can make one for 2 cents with a pair of pliers and a coat button, and often do when an old tired 4 stroke continually fouls a plug due to poor rings.
Terrible pic I know.
HT lead is cut and stripped back, button is wired in making a break in the lead, which forces the spark to jump over the gap between the holes in the button.
Old wives tale that it makes a better spark between the plug electrodes, and believe it or not it helps a tired old smokey motor from fouling plugs.
HT lead is cut and stripped back, button is wired in making a break in the lead, which forces the spark to jump over the gap between the holes in the button.
Old wives tale that it makes a better spark between the plug electrodes, and believe it or not it helps a tired old smokey motor from fouling plugs.
So what youre saying is adding resistance in the form of a gap some how increases what voltage?
Ive been into internal combustion engines since i was 8 and tore down and fully rebuilt my first v8 at 12 and ive never heard this .
Please elaborate more i hate to say it but my bull sh*t meter is about to explode.
Ive been into internal combustion engines since i was 8 and tore down and fully rebuilt my first v8 at 12 and ive never heard this .
Please elaborate more i hate to say it but my bull sh*t meter is about to explode.
Im not an engine builder by career (I still work on flathead 4-strokes regularly!), but this "spark enhancer" is not worth the $$$. The principle is sound (I like Blaaster's button idea), and increasing resistance in the high-tension lead WILL produce a hotter spark with most igniton systems. A healthy ignition coil can fire across a 3/8" gap AND the spark plug. I use an Oppama adjustable-gap ignition tester at work to check weedeater and chainsaw ignition coils in this manner. Start it up with the tester attached, throttle up, and crank the gap out until the engine dies, watching the spark. The coil must be able to fire a minum of 5/16" across the tester for the coil to pass.
HOWEVER, this extra load is hard on the coil, so we do it for test purposes only. Also, a hotter spark won't produce a noticible power gain in 99% of cases and will affect the spark plug's heat range setting (may have to go one size cooler on your plug if you were to buy a spark enhancer.)
Moral, IMO, it sounds like a good idea on paper, but like Pulstar spark plugs, this thing is mostly marketing hype meant to part the ignorant with their money.
HOWEVER, this extra load is hard on the coil, so we do it for test purposes only. Also, a hotter spark won't produce a noticible power gain in 99% of cases and will affect the spark plug's heat range setting (may have to go one size cooler on your plug if you were to buy a spark enhancer.)
Moral, IMO, it sounds like a good idea on paper, but like Pulstar spark plugs, this thing is mostly marketing hype meant to part the ignorant with their money.
A review on the iCat Spark Enhancer.>>>>CRF's Only - iCAT Product Review on the Honda CRF230F and the CRF250X
Unlike the Icat Spark Enhancher, the Blaaster 2 cent button, Anti Plug Fouler works, and adds nothing to pompus owners of Bull s**t meters.
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