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Old 06-13-2012 | 11:24 AM
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I am looking for advice on what the best plugs, wires, and general upgrades would be for my engines. They are 1997 502 MPIs with the B&M 250 Efi supercharger kits on them. The engines are undergoing a total top and bottom rebuild as we speak. The superchargers were sent off and were rebuilt/blueprinted at Supercharger USA. I run about 4-5 PSI of boost and I am looking for the best plug wire combo as well as distributer to run. Currently I am running the MSD 6M-2 Marine ignition. The fuel pumps are being upgraded with the Keith Eckert pumps; the sea pumps have been upgraded to the "lifetime version" and I am doing all new gaskets, filters, etc. Thanks

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Old 06-13-2012 | 12:26 PM
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pretty open ended question there..... You can increase boost and have your efi reprogrammed for more power.. You can add an intercooler... Stroke it to a 540...cam change, etc.... plugs will be determined when you figure out what you are going to do.
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Old 06-13-2012 | 12:50 PM
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pretty open ended question there..... You can increase boost and have your efi reprogrammed for more power.. You can add an intercooler... Stroke it to a 540...cam change, etc.... plugs will be determined when you figure out what you are going to do.
I am going to keep the engines stock and go with the same amount of boost 4-5 PSI. The boat is a twin engine 29 Fever. It will be plenty fast for its size. The engines make about 575-600 HP each but I will not know the exact numbers till we re-assemble and dyno them. Not going to go with an intercooler at this time mainly due to my budget. I was thinking of going with a colder heat range plug, like a NGK 5673-8. The Taylor wires look nice also (the 10.4 wires). I want to make sure I am not just wasting money. I want excellent quality parts.
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Old 06-14-2012 | 08:43 PM
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I would run one heat range colder than stock for the engine...should be good to go...best to have a wideband 02 to tune from...
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Old 06-14-2012 | 10:03 PM
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the ngk-8 plug is good,the taylor wires are good,as are the msd wires.some will disagree,but i like the red msd non marine boxes,i have only had to replace 1 in 20 years.and i use them on all my boats.
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