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> Twin plug /4, ROI?
r_towle
post Feb 17 2018, 04:13 PM
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Has anyone done testing to understand the Net difference between single and twin plug on a /4?
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post Feb 18 2018, 07:11 PM
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QUOTE(horizontally-opposed @ Feb 18 2018, 03:28 PM) *
European Car (RIP), maybe when it was still VW&Porsche, magazine did a story on a black 914 with chrome five-lug Fuchs, the "PORSCHE" side valances, and...a twin-plug Type IV engine—noting it ran noticeably smoother and sounded better with dual ignition. Same car may have been supercharged at some point?
I have that issue somewhere. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

You gotta go back to the motivations for modding the base motor to begin with.
Goals: more performance, smother running, alternate exhaust dynamic... retention of *quasi* stock configuration
How much is that worth~ ?
Sure you can yank it & Six it.
Some folks just like to do it the ..unconventional way
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r_towle   Twin plug /4   Feb 17 2018, 04:13 PM
mepstein   A twin plug doesn't make power in it's sel...   Feb 17 2018, 04:25 PM
ablesnead   I had one of the first ones years ago ....used a d...   Feb 17 2018, 04:38 PM
Mueller   Good question, i know on aircraft engines you can ...   Feb 17 2018, 04:39 PM
buz914   And aircraft engines are low compression, air cool...   Feb 17 2018, 07:11 PM
Mueller   And aircraft engines are low compression, air coo...   Feb 17 2018, 07:53 PM
Elliot Cannon   These guys rebuilt my heads for me. They can conv...   Feb 17 2018, 07:08 PM
Mueller   Microsquirt seems the easiest for twin plugging no...   Feb 17 2018, 07:51 PM
gms   The 914/4 combustion chamber is a modified wedge s...   Feb 18 2018, 09:23 AM
peteyd   Here is a build thread of a 2.8L twin plug http:/...   Feb 18 2018, 01:23 PM
Krieger   Sounds like one more place for the heads to crack ...   Feb 18 2018, 01:33 PM
gereed75   Agree with Glenn. The 911 benefits because of comb...   Feb 18 2018, 01:34 PM
peteyd   I have always been interested in a twin plugged en...   Feb 18 2018, 01:42 PM
914werke   The 914/4 combustion chamber is a modified wedge ...   Feb 18 2018, 05:05 PM
horizontally-opposed   European Car (RIP), maybe when it was still VW...   Feb 18 2018, 05:28 PM
914werke   European Car (RIP), maybe when it was still VW...   Feb 18 2018, 07:11 PM
r_towle   So, lots of cool responses. I am curious if twin ...   Feb 18 2018, 07:27 PM
jd74914   So, lots of cool responses. I am curious if twin...   Feb 19 2018, 06:09 AM
ablesnead   ..My car was in Volkswagen Porsche way back in the...   Feb 18 2018, 07:29 PM
Chris914n6   The dizzy cap is from an 80s Datsun 720 pickup wit...   Feb 19 2018, 01:00 AM
914werke   So perhaps Im incorrect, but I get the sense that ...   Feb 19 2018, 01:41 PM
Mark Henry   Not worth it IMHO, only good place to put the plug...   Feb 19 2018, 03:52 PM
pete000   Aero-VW airplane engines use the second plug as a ...   Feb 19 2018, 07:19 PM
Dave_Darling   That chamber shape looks somewhat different than o...   Feb 19 2018, 09:08 PM
Mark Henry   That chamber shape looks somewhat different than ...   Feb 20 2018, 09:18 AM
WLD419   Hello, I've been running a twinplug 2.8-4 for ...   Feb 20 2018, 09:50 AM
gereed75   Aha, great to hear from some one that’s been the...   Feb 20 2018, 10:09 AM
gothspeed   Twin plugs allows the mixture to burn quicker whic...   Feb 20 2018, 12:28 PM


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