Camry & Solara LoungeDiscussion area for every generation of Toyota's family car, the Toyota Camry. Lexus ES250/300 owners welcome! Topics of discussion range from fuel economy, safety, modifications, performance and more.
I came across a website called pulstarplug.com. It is a company that makes pulse plugs and they are claiming that pulse plugs are 20,000X more powerful than traditional spark plugs. Sounds too good to be true to me. With such intense power I figure the heat must kill the engine and radiator lifespan pretty fast. They are darn pricey too. Have anyone here ever heard of or used pulse plug?
Probably the usual rip off product. If i really wanted to try them, i'd email or contact toyota and ask them what they think of these pulse plug things. And i'd just heed their advice on this, because they are the ones who built the car and they must have heard of them too by now. and they will tell be able to give you a thumbs up or down on this product better than anybody else could.
Never heard of it... Sounds like one of those Ebay wire in chip gimmicks like on ebay. Of course theres always the occasional random things that actually do work. You never know nowadays.
__________________ "Guardrails...those things that separate the men from the boys."-Fumiaki Komatsu
Looks like a capacitor put inside a sparkplug. it may, or may not help, however at $25 a plug minus shipping its a ripoff. For that kind of money you can buy a used MSD ignition box, or if you have a COP, or wasted spark setup, you've got enough spark already (with a properly gapped plug) for over 100hp per cylinder.
__________________
"The lamest twice banned, non-female member of-all time." -Ekam, Thanks, I <3 you too! AIM/Yahoo Toysrme257th
for anything, anytime; including camry turbos Now with Turbo!
it appears to be a good concept, but how well is the concept executed? I'm not about to dump money on something that I'm not sure is an improvement over stock.
"With such intense power I figure the heat must kill the engine and radiator lifespan pretty fast"
TRDsleeper... there are two key points you need to know... power is equal to energy per unit time, the way the pulse plugs work from what ive read is that they store the charge in a capacitor and then quickly release it... so theres same amount of energy involved but it occurs in smaller time interval, this does lead to an instantaneous massive localized temperature in the gas mixture (plasma conditions i presume), that allows for a more complete combustion, suppose no reaction took place the heat generated in this small time fram and small volume then dissipates quickly and because the energy used is the same as a spark plug the increase in temperature of your engine when the heat finally dissipates to the walls of the cyclinder is the exact same increase you would see with a normal spark plug.
However that is all trivial, the energy introduced by the spark plug or pulse plug they are equal, is completely negligible compared to the heat given off by the reaction (combustion process), just think about it... all the energy coming from the pluse or spark plug comes from the battery? do you tink your battery could drive you around a couple hundred miles? what happens when you run out of gas? they spark plug is firing but you go nowhere
i purchased these with different intentions than getting power- why i purchased this is becase the 5S engine is seriously low compression and it doesn't burn gasoline all the way- especially when its cold and i'm racing around for a parking spot for a my 9:15 class.
Anyways- as a result of low compression; there's a foul odor that comes from the primary cat. caused by the unburnt fuel. Toyota sent out a TSB about this- so i'm tryna counter act that shitty effect by throwing these plugs in .. i figured; if it sparks that much then technically i should get a better burn right? - cuz if this doesn't work out; i'm willing to go for headers to get rid ov that fkn smell.
I've been told:
1) Change Fuel Brands.
2) Change Secondary Cat. (wtf is this gonna do?)
- i changed the fuel already but its still there ; i'm running cheap gas now because it doesn't have additives that linger for extra hint of ass smell into my car. But i do seafoam every 6 months.
Last edited by ONE_to_HATE; 10-23-2007 at 06:16 PM.
The AutoGuide.com network consists of the largest network of enthusiast-owned enthusiast-operated automotive communities.
AutoGuide.com provides the latest car reviews, auto show coverage, new car prices, and automotive news. The AutoGuide network operates more than 100 automotive forums where our users consult peers for shopping information and advice, and share opinions as a community.
ToyotaNation.com is an independent Toyota/Lexus enthusiast website. ToyotaNation.com is not sponsored by or in any way affiliated with Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. The Toyota, Lexus and Scion names and logos are trademarks owned by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
PULSE PLUG or SPARK PLUG??? Which one is better?
Linear Mode
