Unison Industries announced at the annual AOPA Expo, the launch of its new Autolite XL Fine Wire Aviation Spark Plugs. The new Autolite XL Fine Wire Aviation Spark Plugs extend Unison's general aviation (GA) spark plug offerings beyond its massive electrode Autolite Aviation Spark Plugs, which have been in the market for many years. Production of both plug types, massive and fine wire, enhances Unison's ability to offer customers one of the broadest, GA ignition system product lines on the market today.

The new Autolite XL Fine Wire Aviation Spark Plugs were designed with spark performance, long life and total customer value in mind. The Autolite XL spark plug utilizes a pedestal mount for the welded side wire electrode, resulting in a projected gap design that provides a less shielded spark for improved combustion. To extend spark plug life, the Autolite XL plug contains iridium material in both the side wire electrode and the center electrode tip, as well as Unison's proprietary glass seal and integral resistor. A similar design is used in Unison's massive electrode Autolite spark plugs, which maintains an excellent stable resistance value throughout the life of the spark plug and is an essential part of extended spark plug life.

Based on today's prices, Unison says that the Autolite XL Fine Wire Aviation Spark Plugs will have a list price of approximately thirty percent below the competitor's fine wire product and still provide the long life expected from an iridium fine wire spark plug. Despite their low price, no performance details were compromised. For instance, the Autolite XL Fine Wire Aviation Spark Plugs come standard with a high temperature black paint applied over nickel plating; additional corrosion protection for no extra cost and less maintenance over the spark plug's life.

"For years, Unison's Autolite Aviation Spark Plugs have offered customers advanced reliability and cost effectiveness," says Zouheir Abdelnour, Unison's ignition systems product line manager. "Now our customers can enjoy the same reliable performance of a massive Autolite spark plug with the added benefits of an iridium fine wire design. These benefits include much longer life, electrodes impervious to lead attack, improved scavenging, and projected gap performance at a price more aircraft owners, aircraft technicians, and engine maintenance facilities can afford. The value is so good, I believe many massive electrode users will find it easy to trade up to Unison's Autolite XL Fine Wire Aviation Spark Plugs."

Unison expects to begin shipment of its Autolite XL Fine Wire Aviation Spark Plugs from its factory in Rockford, Illinois in the first quarter of 2005. A total of five part numbers (URHB36S, UREB36S, URHB32S, UREM38S, and URHM38S) will be available through Unison's worldwide distributor network. Customers can purchase the product individually (minimums may apply, check with a Unison distributor), in convenient four or twelve pack packaging, or as part of a Slick Ignition Upgrade Kit. These cost-effective kits consist of a complete set of Slick Magnetos, a Slick Harness and a complete set of Autolite Aviation Spark Plugs. Installation and maintenance instructions for the Autolite XL Fine Wire Aviation Spark Plugs are also available in Unison's newly revised maintenance publication called, Autolite Aviation Spark Plugs Installation and Maintenance Manual, document number L-1710. Unison's Autolite Aviation Spark Plugs are FAA-PMA approved for most GA piston engines. They are also ideally suited for many experimental engines flying today.

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