Sparkplug Wires - Make Your Own?
Race Director
Joined: Dec 1999
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From: Forked River NJ
Can't say I made my own but bought Moroso wires with no ends on them. I cut to the length I needed and put the ends on. This way I got exactly the size needed. I did this on another car that was not mine and it los much nicer than having long wires hanging all over the engine.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Salmon Arm, BC
I use the MSD 8.5mm Superconductors....Part # 31229.
Worked great in my car, routing the wires behind and underneath just like they come stock. Easy to do, and comes with the crimp tool as well. I can't remember the price, but since I'm a cheap bastard, it couldn't have been that bad......
Worked great in my car, routing the wires behind and underneath just like they come stock. Easy to do, and comes with the crimp tool as well. I can't remember the price, but since I'm a cheap bastard, it couldn't have been that bad......
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: eastern NC
I've used the Taylor Spiro-Pro Spark Plug Wire Sets on a number of Corvettes recently.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Taylor/895/74017/10002/-1
High quality 8mm wires and reasonably priced. They come with the spark plug boots on them and I can easily insert them behind the motor mounts before feeding them up to the distributor where I cut them to the correct length before installing the distributor ends. It saves a lot of time and I don't have a bunch of extra wire that needs hiding.
They're also available in a few different colors but I use the black and they look almost exactly like original.
Good luck... GUSTO
http://www.jegs.com/i/Taylor/895/74017/10002/-1
High quality 8mm wires and reasonably priced. They come with the spark plug boots on them and I can easily insert them behind the motor mounts before feeding them up to the distributor where I cut them to the correct length before installing the distributor ends. It saves a lot of time and I don't have a bunch of extra wire that needs hiding.
They're also available in a few different colors but I use the black and they look almost exactly like original.
Good luck... GUSTO
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 3,593
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From: Southern Indiana
I buy the Accels and put the ends on them with that two piece tool you put one part in the vice and lay the wire and connector on it and then lay the other part of the tool on it and smack it with a hammer.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Lehigh county Pennsylvania
I assembled my own, but I didn't actually manufacture them. Bought the components from http://thehotrodcompany.com/shopnow/...&filterkey=bsp
My Vertex magneto needs solid core wires. Spiral core, carbon core radio suppression wire won't do. The 7mm copper core fit into the cap perfectly. I also bought the 90 degree Rajah terminals. Later on I also installed heat protection sleeving where the wires get close to my headers. But hotrodcompany didn't offer what I wanted so I bought elsewhere.
My Vertex magneto needs solid core wires. Spiral core, carbon core radio suppression wire won't do. The 7mm copper core fit into the cap perfectly. I also bought the 90 degree Rajah terminals. Later on I also installed heat protection sleeving where the wires get close to my headers. But hotrodcompany didn't offer what I wanted so I bought elsewhere.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Las Vegas - Just stop perpetuating myths please.
Me too.
Like most others here i trim mine to fit also. Once u change the exh manifolding on a corvette u need to reroute the plug wires and custom cut length is the only way to go.
Nothing special 'bout the crimp. Just get a Jeg's or NAPA combo trim/stripping and crimp tool along with extra crimps and practice a couple crimps on the old wires. Strip enough insulation to lay the conductor back under the brass (or SS) crimp and make a crim over it.
Hope this helps,
cardo0
Nothing special 'bout the crimp. Just get a Jeg's or NAPA combo trim/stripping and crimp tool along with extra crimps and practice a couple crimps on the old wires. Strip enough insulation to lay the conductor back under the brass (or SS) crimp and make a crim over it.
Hope this helps,
cardo0
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