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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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i recently installed dynomax blackjack ceramic coated headers and my plug wires are touching the headers and will eventually burn through. will buying wires with the angled ends correct this problem or is it a waste of money????
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Buy a quality set of plug wires with 90 degree boots, ACCEL,TAYLOR or MOROSO. Also, you may want to consider a set of "shorty" spark plugs. Even with Moroso wires, I had to use "shorty" ACCEL spark plugs to obtain enough clearance between the header and the wire.

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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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i recently installed dynomax blackjack ceramic coated headers and my plug wires are touching the headers and will eventually burn through. will buying wires with the angled ends correct this problem or is it a waste of money????
You're going to need some wire looms that route the wires over the top of the headers and use the 90 degree boots as suggested.
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Originally Posted by Duke94
You're going to need some wire looms that route the wires over the top of the headers and use the 90 degree boots as suggested.
nice and neat, thats how to do it
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Originally Posted by Duke94
You're going to need some wire looms that route the wires over the top of the headers and use the 90 degree boots as suggested.
Or from below...
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 11:37 PM
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Z, what headers are those?

thanks



not to hijack the thread here...
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Or from below...


And it works with BB`s too plus it keeps the top of the engine clean without unsightly wires running all over.

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Z, what headers are those?

thanks



not to hijack the thread here...
Those are Sanderson CC178s with the ceramic silver coating. The plug wires are MSD 8.5mm - cut your own length set.

http://www.sandersonheaders.com/prod...products_id=56
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Originally Posted by Z-man
Those are Sanderson CC178s with the ceramic silver coating. The plug wires are MSD 8.5mm - cut your own length set.

http://www.sandersonheaders.com/prod...products_id=56
thanks... was just curious.

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Originally Posted by Duke94
You're going to need some wire looms that route the wires over the top of the headers and use the 90 degree boots as suggested.
I have the same looms with shorty headers. These work really well.

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can you just get those looms anywhere or where did you guys get them? thanks for the responses too they really helped i went with msd super conductors but all i lack is those wire looms
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I like these looms from Moroso.



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Originally Posted by knbwag73
Buy a quality set of plug wires with 90 degree boots, ACCEL,TAYLOR or MOROSO. Also, you may want to consider a set of "shorty" spark plugs. Even with Moroso wires, I had to use "shorty" ACCEL spark plugs to obtain enough clearance between the header and the wire.

I had to go to the Accel shorty plugs also
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Originally Posted by arctic74vette
can you just get those looms anywhere or where did you guys get them? thanks for the responses too they really helped i went with msd super conductors but all i lack is those wire looms
Go to http://www.summitracing.com/ and type in the search box "wire looms" and you'll get hundreds of choices. Buy a set of cut to length wires also. You need to cut them the right length because most of the regular replacement wire sets will be to long. Need to keep it neat and tucked in close to the block so they don't get burned by the headers.
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