Travel Bug Dog Tag The 330mph Spark Plug

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Owner:
Marvin J & Zephyr Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Monday, February 2, 2009
Origin:
South Carolina, United States
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Please move this bug along to or near any type of race track. It could be NHRA, NASCAR, Outlaw Sprint Car, or any other type of racing. If you have a race car or just a cool car yourself, please include photos of it.

About This Item

The 330mph Spark Plug

This is a spark plug from a NHRA Top Fuel Dragster. These 8000+ HP rockets travel the quarter mile in less than 4.3 seconds at over 330mph! When they hit the throttle these dragsters pull more G-Forces than the space shuttle does at takeoff!

Each of the 8 cylinders has 2 of these 14mm spark plugs in it. They are fired by two 44-ampere magnetos. Normal ignition timing is 58-65 degrees BTDC. (This is a dramatically greater spark advance than in a gasoline engine as "nitro" and alcohol burn far slower.) Directly after launch the timing is typically decreased by about 25 degrees for a short time as this gives the tires time to reach their correct shape. The ignition system limits the engine speed to 8400 rpm. The ignition system provides an initial 50,000 volts and 1.2 amperes. The long duration spark (up to 26 degrees) provides energy of 950 millijoules.

They are not the plugs you put in your Honda Accord. :)

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Tracking History (12624.7mi) View Map

Mark Missing 8/14/2010 Marvin J & Zephyr marked it as missing   Visit Log

The owner has set this Trackable as missing.
Dropped Off 8/6/2010 TeamWinWar placed it in Mullet Madness North Carolina - 39.35 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/10/2010 TeamWinWar retrieved it from Resting with a Drink North Carolina   Visit Log

Hoping to take to our local track Coastal Planes Raceway and snap a photo before moving along. Maybe it can get to Bristol for the night race.
Dropped Off 7/10/2010 kidd_cruisers placed it in Resting with a Drink North Carolina - 80.86 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/19/2010 kidd_cruisers retrieved it from Surplus North Carolina   Visit Log

will be taking to fl in a couple of weeks!
Dropped Off 5/13/2010 carolinarver placed it in Surplus North Carolina - 786.52 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/1/2010 carolinarver retrieved it from 10 Years! Myrtle Beach, SC South Carolina   Visit Log

Retrieved from 10 years! MB
Dropped Off 5/1/2010 Marvin J & Zephyr placed it in 10 Years! Myrtle Beach, SC South Carolina - 48.92 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 12/13/2009 Marvin J & Zephyr grabbed it   Visit Log

Liz & Bob did a awesome job putting an insane amount of mileage on my little spark plug. Thank you so much. I'll be putting it back out in the near future!
Write note 12/13/2009 lizandbob posted a note for it   Visit Log

Marvin J gave us this travel bug in March 2009, and although we were not able to get it to any race tracks, we did get some mileage on it by taking it to Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and British Columbia, Canada, and North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, U.S.A. We handed the travel bug back to Marvin J at the Grand Strand Geocachers Christmas party last night, and hope it will travel safely to many race tracks and accomplish its goals. Thank you, Marvin J for sharing this travel bug with us.
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