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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:06 AM
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My car is a 03 6spd with:
Jwt popcharger
motordyne 5/16 iso thermal spacer
hondata manifold gasket
jic single exhaust

So I dynoed my car a couple weeks ago and put down 245 I thought it seemed low for my mods. So I went to change my plugs the other day and get oil on three of the 6 plugs. The seals on the tube caps are garbage. I called courtesy nissan to see if you could just but the seals but of course not. You have to buy new valve covers which are like 500 for both. But the guy at courtesy told me they just rtv them and there good to go. So on that advice I rtv them and new valve cover gaskets and slaped it all back together with new plugs and put it back on the dyno. So after all that I gained 12 more hp for a total of 257.66. My car feels like a million bucks now. Next up is test pipes and another dyno run. Thanks courtesy nissan!
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by nismo69
My car is a 03 6spd with:
Jwt popcharger
motordyne 5/16 iso thermal spacer
hondata manifold gasket
jic single exhaust

So I dynoed my car a couple weeks ago and put down 245 I thought it seemed low for my mods. So I went to change my plugs the other day and get oil on three of the 6 plugs. The seals on the tube caps are garbage. I called courtesy nissan to see if you could just but the seals but of course not. You have to buy new valve covers which are like 500 for both. But the guy at courtesy told me they just rtv them and there good to go. So on that advice I rtv them and new valve cover gaskets and slaped it all back together with new plugs and put it back on the dyno. So after all that I gained 12 more hp for a total of 257.66. My car feels like a million bucks now. Next up is test pipes and another dyno run. Thanks courtesy nissan!
Which area of the plugs had oil on them?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:55 AM
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Sides and bottom.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by nismo69
Sides and bottom.
Hmmm.... I had oil on the plug threads on all 6 plugs but the electrodes were all clean. Apparently oil on the threads is normal for this car (or so I was informed).
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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what is RTV??
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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Great numbers!

What brand plugs? OEM?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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what is RTV??
Isn't that like a lubricant or silicone or something? lol.
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by black06z
Isn't that like a lubricant or silicone or something? lol.
Its basically industrial grade sealant/glue.
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