1989 3.0 Pickup 4x4 5spd

Hello I am new here.

I got some NGK V power plugs today and will be putting them in tomorrow. I have been reading about spark plugs a little and have stumbled across some information that if you gap spark plugs higher than the recommended gap then you will get better gas mileage and "pick up"

I read that if you drive normal that you could gap them .008-.010 higher. I've also read about people doing this and having better mpg and "torque"

Is there any truth to these statements and anybody ever try it out.

Here's one of the articles I read.
The part about gaping is down a little.

http://www.howrah.org/spark-plug.html

 

For a mostly stock truck stay with the stock specs. If a spark is to jump a bigger gap it will need more power to do so. In order to do that you will need a coil that has a greater power output. The gains would be so small its not really worth the hassle, let alone changing spark plugs on a 3vz is difficult. Doing it multiple times would not be fun....

 

Thank you for the reply.

The truck is a stock 4x4 on 235/75/r15's so it sits plenty high enough for me. It already gets around 25mpg so I'm not desperate for gas mileage plus, I want every thing on this truck to last as long as possible. So I'll keep it stock gap unless some people chime in and say that gaping .005-.010 wider will increase 3-5 mpg and will not hurt anything haha.

 

A few "blurry" pictures of the truck.

 

Wow, that's a nice truck!

 

I changed the plugs and wires in it today. I ended up gaping them at .035 because the first one out of the box was at that gap, so I gapped them all at that.

It runs way better now than it did. The plugs and wires were 7 YEARS OLD. This truck didn't see much use for 2 years so that's why it took so long haha.

Next on my list is a new catalytic converter and muffler. I know which cat I'm getting but any suggestions on a muffler that sounds good (good prrr but not too loud) but doesn't cost too much.