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Old Jun 11, 2015 | 11:04 AM
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When it comes to resistance of a spark plug wire, is there a true difference in real world performance if plug wires have 40-50 OHM per foot vs. a 500 OHM resistance. The MSD Street Fire Wires are half the cost of the Super Conductor Wires but have more resistance. Just switched to the Ignitor 3 system and looking to find a good matching wire.
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Old Jun 11, 2015 | 11:49 AM
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There is no performance difference between ohms of that low a value.

I would worry more about the COLOR of the wires..
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Old Jun 11, 2015 | 03:04 PM
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I like the 40-50 per foot OHM msd wires for the simple fact they are easy to test and I'm not a huge fan of MSD.
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Old Jun 11, 2015 | 03:12 PM
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here is a good article to read on wires. http://www.onedirt.com/tech-stories/...lug-wires-101/

the net is, the 500 ohms are just fine for a street car, unless you are planning to do some circle track racing.
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By far not the least expensive, but the absolute best wires I have ever seen and used. FireCore50
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I'm happy with my MSD wires
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