Spark plug wire touching header.
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Will probably burn a hole in the wire and short out - killing the cylinder.
Or will burn it in half.
Keep the wires away from the headers.
This was pretty common in my high school days. You could open the hood on the car at night and see sparks jumping from the wire to something metal.
Or will burn it in half.
Keep the wires away from the headers.
This was pretty common in my high school days. You could open the hood on the car at night and see sparks jumping from the wire to something metal.
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I have the same problem, With one or two wires.
Solution?= Im not sure yet, But I have some heat wrap stuff (cloth like material) I cut a peice of and placed between wire and header, temporary until i look for something better.
Solution?= Im not sure yet, But I have some heat wrap stuff (cloth like material) I cut a peice of and placed between wire and header, temporary until i look for something better.
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The hot header pipe will burn though the spark plug wire's insulation. Not a good thing for keeping your engine running smooth.
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There is a product out there called "Cool Sox" which is an asbestos or some type of heat resistant material that goes over the spark plug wire like a sock, and is supposed to help guard the spark plug wires - I notice a little marking on my plug wires after 800 miles, so I'm going to install the Cool Sox as part of my head / cam project
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There is a product out there called "Cool Sox" which is an asbestos or some type of heat resistant material that goes over the spark plug wire like a sock, and is supposed to help guard the spark plug wires - I notice a little marking on my plug wires after 800 miles, so I'm going to install the Cool Sox as part of my head / cam project
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I have the equivalent 2000 deg. F Fire Sleeves from Taylor along with the 10.4 mm Taylor Thundervolt wires that have a smaller boot to avoid touching the primaries. Got mine at Thunderracing.com.
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I have the cool socks and also reused the GM aluminum boots to further protect my plug wires. I hear that the tube on the LG most forward tube on the passenger side has it fair share of burning wires. Hope you get it worked out, because it will blow the connectivity of the wire and create a very rough running car, because you are not running on all eight cylinders.
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I have the cool socks and also reused the GM aluminum boots to further protect my plug wires. I hear that the tube on the LG most forward tube on the passenger side has it fair share of burning wires. Hope you get it worked out, because it will blow the connectivity of the wire and create a very rough running car, because you are not running on all eight cylinders.
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Good luck.
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I have the cool socks and also reused the GM aluminum boots to further protect my plug wires. I hear that the tube on the LG most forward tube on the passenger side has it fair share of burning wires. Hope you get it worked out, because it will blow the connectivity of the wire and create a very rough running car, because you are not running on all eight cylinders.
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The factory provides heat shields on the stock wires. It's when custom headers and wires are installed, that it can become a problem.
