plug wire resistance
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plug wire resistance
can anyone tell me what the resistance on spark plug wires on my 76 vette.
car does have 42,000 but original wires no misses but just want to check before the pia project of replacing
these are the packard wires
tia
car does have 42,000 but original wires no misses but just want to check before the pia project of replacing
these are the packard wires
tia
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If you do not know the specification for your wires, measure the resistance of each wire. Remember to divide the length of the wire by 12 to get a "per foot" measurement. If one wire is out of that average spec, it is at fault
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Have you seen this post?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...lug-wires.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...lug-wires.html
now to go shopping what do the masses use
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If you're going through the 'boomerang' remove the distributor cap end on the old wire and put a drop of oil where the wire meets the boot.
Slide the boot up a quarter of an inch to get the oil under the boot and then pull the boot off.
Tie a string on the end of that wire and pull it out from the spark plug end.
Remove the boot from the new wire and attach the string to it and pull it back up.
Slide the boot up a quarter of an inch to get the oil under the boot and then pull the boot off.
Tie a string on the end of that wire and pull it out from the spark plug end.
Remove the boot from the new wire and attach the string to it and pull it back up.
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I just went through this on my 1970 (in fact, it was my post that was referenced above). I replaced my wires with a universal set of Taylor Street Thunder. They come with one end already on it and then you route them how you want, cut to length and crimp on the other end and put a boot on it.
The Taylors were a huge improvement in terms of a massive reduction of resistance. If you do this, I highly recommend getting a good ratcheting crimping tool that has an ignition wire setting. You can get them for ~$40 or so. I tried a cheap non-ratcheting one and it just wouldn't work.
Good luck!
The Taylors were a huge improvement in terms of a massive reduction of resistance. If you do this, I highly recommend getting a good ratcheting crimping tool that has an ignition wire setting. You can get them for ~$40 or so. I tried a cheap non-ratcheting one and it just wouldn't work.
Good luck!
