# Laser Plugs??? hmmmm
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [April 25, 2011, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075 "2011-04-25T10:02:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/1 "2011-04-25T10:02:55Z")
I think the technology behind this is great especially to make vehicle more efficient.
[http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/24/flash-of-genius-lasers-could-replace-spark-plugs-under-your-hood/?hpt=T2](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/24/flash-of-genius-lasers-could-replace-spark-plugs-under-your-hood/?hpt=T2)
**Flash of Genius: Lasers Could Replace Spark Plugs Under Your Hood**
Scientists are looking to harness the intensely focused light from laser beams to fire the cylinders in combustion engines.
And best of all, they claim laser spark plugs will result in better fuel efficiency. Conventional spark plugs only fire the fuel near the top of the cylinder, resulting in a modest amount of fuel wasted with each cycle. And blast after blast, the metal terminal that literally sparks in causing the ignition is slowly worn away.
Both these problems, according to a team from Romania and Japan’s National Institute of Natural Sciences, can be solved with the trusty laser. Its precise beam of light and reliable, lossless lifespan will allow more gasoline to be burned per firing. This will lead to better fuel efficiency, less pollution, and a longer-lasting engine. Sounds like the perfect storm of automobile improvement. So why hasn’t this been done already, you ask?
As it turns out, it’s quite complex to fit a high-powered laser into a tiny package in the inherently unstable environment of a combustion engine. But the Japanese scientists have created a solution made of strong ceramic, the standard material of the common spark plug. They’ve sized down the laser to fit even the smallest engine block at the highest temperatures and timed it to fire with nanosecond accuracy.
Even as society shifts to value hybrid and electric vehicles, this is one project that may actually extend the life of the standard – and dirty – combustion engine.
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### Author:  [@HANSTECH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HANSTECH)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/2 "2011-04-25T11:13:11Z")
sweet. frickn laser beams!!!
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### Author:  [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/3 "2011-04-25T14:38:27Z")
I want sharks with fricken lazer beams attached to their headz!
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### Author:  [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/4 "2011-04-25T16:53:05Z")
so how much will these plugs cost and what % efficiency increase will they provide?
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### Author:  [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/5 "2011-04-25T17:27:23Z")
real engines don’t need spark plugs… :rofl
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/6 "2011-04-25T17:49:23Z")
see , this is why we will never get off of oil dependency . instead of researching e-85 more and pushing that they spend millions on this crap that will never work .
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/7 "2011-04-25T18:01:01Z")
> [@woo woooooo.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woo-woooooo/37694/24):
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> real engines don’t need spark plugs… :rofl
THIS.
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### Author:  [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/8 "2011-04-25T18:04:21Z")
> [@woo woooooo.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woo-woooooo/37694/24):
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> real engines don’t need spark plugs… :rofl
plus rep so true.
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### Author:  [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/9 "2011-04-25T22:28:41Z")
> [@woo woooooo.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woo-woooooo/37694/24):
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> real engines don’t need spark plugs… :rofl
I see what you did there.
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### Author:  [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/10 "2011-04-25T22:32:55Z")
my plugs glow.
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### Author:  [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/11 "2011-04-26T06:03:16Z")
> [@Why cant i add a car to Autotrader section?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-cant-i-add-a-car-to-autotrader-section/41630/5):
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> see , this is why we will never get off of oil dependency . instead of researching e-85 more and pushing that they spend millions on this crap that will never work .
I dont see how lasers won’t work, however they are nowhere near being practical :lol Kinda like fully electric cars, def not ready for them, it’s just the government blowing money on incentives.
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### Author:  [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/12 "2011-04-26T06:17:43Z")
> [@Another one bites the dust....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-one-bites-the-dust/41621/2):
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> I want sharks with fricken lazer beams attached to their headz!
Well you get sea bass… Mutant sea bass… and yes! They are ill tempered.
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### Author:  [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/13 "2011-04-26T11:57:25Z")
Roads? Where we’re going, we wont need _ROADS_.
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### Author:  [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/14 "2011-04-27T06:09:43Z")
Greg, to be honest when I read the thread name I was thinking hair plugs lol.
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### Author:  [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/15 "2011-04-27T22:22:11Z")
why spark when ya can glow
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### Author:  [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/16 "2011-04-27T23:07:17Z")
> [@Why cant i add a car to Autotrader section?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-cant-i-add-a-car-to-autotrader-section/41630/5):
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> see , this is why we will never get off of oil dependency . instead of **researching e-85 more** and pushing that they spend millions on this crap that will never work .
:facepalm
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/17 "2011-04-27T23:55:10Z")
> [@Demolition of Bar \*\*Firemen Practicing Tonight/Demo Tomorrow at 9am\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/demolition-of-bar-firemen-practicing-tonight-demo-tomorrow-at-9am/41710/13):
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> :facepalm
He’s been full of those recently
:facepalm
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### Author:  [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/18 "2011-04-28T12:42:28Z")
sounds like these things will melt holes through your pistons, no thanks.
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/19 "2011-04-28T12:45:39Z")
> [@Verizon Question](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-question/41730/5):
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> sounds like these things will melt holes through your pistons, no thanks.
You better write to them quick as I’m sure their scientists completely looked that over :wow
You’ll save them thousands in research and they will reward you with an Buschur zipties!!
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laser-plugs-hmmmm/258075/20 "2011-04-28T20:03:11Z")
Looking forward to spend $1500 at the dealer for 4 spark plugs…:rofl
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