Originally Posted by
Eivind E
if you are experienced with how to tune, the idle gap sort of just comes naturally. If you are a beginner, measuring it can be a helpful tool with respect to obtaining a setting close to correct, as most beginners at anything are not in fact experts from day 1. Hope this explains the phenomenon.
ah. makes a little more sense now. I guess I just had old school teachers 10 years ago and iv never even measured idle gap for my cars, planes, helicopters, or boats lol. but I hear it talked about all the time now. hmmm. strange lol