I've seen a couple misunderstandings in this thread. A plug with a larger gap than specified will force the coil to produce greater than normal voltage to fire. Coil current in this case will generally decrease unless the ignotion system can somehow force more energy into each pulse, which a standard system will not do. The coil will not run hot, but may fail due to insulation breakdown. This may be an intermittent failure, and may be temperature sensitive due to interwinding distance changing. A plug with a smaller gtap than normal will require less voltage than normal to fire, and will draw greater current. This will cause greater heating of the coil. Follow old, worn, high gap plugs with new, too tightly gapped plugs... tom
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