splitfire plugs

Hi, This is my first post. It has been a while since owning a Nautique my first was an 83 which I ran everyday, except for minor stuff never had a problem with. My new boat is an 86 that has been sitting for a few years. It has splitfire plugs and some kind of eletronic ignition, I was wondering what you guys thought of those plugs? I am inclined to go with autolights. I have a thousand more questions, but the old topics and search feature have provided some very good info. It seems like you guys know your stuff. P.S. My wife asked if I was going to start sleeping in the boat? Is that a good or bad? I will be more brief next time. My kids can not believe how well the outside cleaned up. How do I check the condition of the stringers?
Thanks,
Mike
P.s. Where is the spell check?

Thanks,
That was pretty much the same way I was feeling, Thanks for the advise on the rot, This sight is cool, Way better than my online college classes.
Mike

Mike,
Did the PO believe in Fram filters too? (FYI, they are not even close to even a good filter!)

Another good way to check for stringer problems is to do a engine/shaft alignment. Take a look at Eric's alignment thread
Also, "core" samples of the stringer wood can be taken with a 1" hole saw. Just go through the glass with the saw. The pilot drill will remove some wood and then with the glass removed you can see the wood. Any gray to black staining will indicate there's rot.

Spell check? It works here. Check out you computer settings.

Pete, new computer, have yet to find spell check, at least I came up with some good words that I didnt know what they meant

eric lavine wrote: think about it, if the guys at Ford seen an advantage to using splitfires, they would be in there...go with the autolights.

Eric, I am way OverMyHead guestioning this one, but could it also be a cost thing or who owns the patent? I use autolites in my 351 as thay work great, but my old jet ski had an issue with long crank times to start, it improved some with a new coil and plugs, but remained. Crank times were cut in half when I later switched to the slitfires. This is anecdotal at best though.

the only time Ive ever noticed a difference in the performance of an engine, is when i pull some plugs and the electrodes are burned off, which tells me its time for some new plugs...throw some in and boom, no misses.. im a true believer in using whats recomended by the manufacturer now adays.
they go thru thousands of hours of test cycles and want their engines to out perform competition.....but i would imagine at the end of the day there may be a get rich quick scheme thrown in there in regards to who owns the patenet

OverMyHead wrote: Does anyone here know how to make spell check work on this site or add an application that will make it work?

The Mozilla Firefox Browser has spell check right out of the box. As far as spell check for the Internet Exploder... I'm not sure, but I think IE8 has spell check, I'm not sure, I gave up on IE a long time ago.

The idea/principle is the same as the surface gap plugs that OMC tried way back. They didn't last very long!! I converted back from the surface gaps to regular plugs a long time ago in my Evenrude's on the Alumacrafts.

Ok I am on the goole tool bar now but i amd not seeing any spell check functions working

Eric, I have to appologise, I think it was NGK irridium plugs that solved the jet ski start problems, they were recommended when I went in to get the splitfires, I did not change the heat of the plugs , just the type.

i run motorcrafts one heat index higher. they seem to work and last well.. i had autolites in there before, and it seems to run a tad better with the new plugs