spark plug wires
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: salem OR
ago. Now they are really a nice wire. 40 ohm's per foot 8.8 mm
Retain stock sheilds.Postive clic on both ends.Mostly noticed better starting. You will hear a
lot of blah blah about wires. But they are a extension of the coil.They for sure don't hurt.Thats why GM mounted 8 coils
on the motor. To shorten the wire. They created a better Ignition.
Better wire's let more energy through the wire. Plugs are fine! But I widened my gaps to .042 from the .038-.039
factory gap.Bend the hook, don't use the gauge to spread the gap. Only to check,the irridum is easy to daamge
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Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Southampton NJ
I put on a much improved MSD wire's. I wasn't too impressed years
ago. Now they are really a nice wire. 40 ohm's per foot 8.8 mm
Retain stock sheilds.Postive clic on both ends.Mostly noticed better starting. You will hear a
lot of blah blah about wires. But they are a extension of the coil.They for sure don't hurt.Thats why GM mounted 8 coils
on the motor. To shorten the wire. They created a better Ignition.
Better wire's let more energy through the wire. Plugs are fine! But I widened my gaps to .042 from the .038-.039
factory gap.Bend the hook, don't use the gauge to spread the gap. Only to check,the irridum is easy to daamge
ago. Now they are really a nice wire. 40 ohm's per foot 8.8 mm
Retain stock sheilds.Postive clic on both ends.Mostly noticed better starting. You will hear a
lot of blah blah about wires. But they are a extension of the coil.They for sure don't hurt.Thats why GM mounted 8 coils
on the motor. To shorten the wire. They created a better Ignition.
Better wire's let more energy through the wire. Plugs are fine! But I widened my gaps to .042 from the .038-.039
factory gap.Bend the hook, don't use the gauge to spread the gap. Only to check,the irridum is easy to daamge
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From: Wilmington NC
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From: Boca raton Florida
Are you going turbo or supercharger? If yes than buy a good set of low resistance wires and get some colder plugs when you go boosted. If you want to run alot of boost than get MSD coils. If you're staying N/A save your money there is better things you can spend your money. IMHO the HP you MAY get isnt worth the added EMF. Also if your dealer isnt mod-friendly they may try to stick you with any problems with the car down the road.
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From: Minneapolis MN
Are you going turbo or supercharger? If yes than buy a good set of low resistance wires and get some colder plugs when you go boosted. If you want to run alot of boost than get MSD coils. If you're staying N/A save your money there is better things you can spend your money. IMHO the HP you MAY get isnt worth the added EMF. Also if your dealer isnt mod-friendly they may try to stick you with any problems with the car down the road.
so do u think go with Acdelcco?
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From: Boca raton Florida
By ACDELCO are you saying your OEM ones are bad and you want to go with ACDELCO again? If your OEM ones are bad I would get a aftermarket ones because they do help, on your average car a new set of plug wires will give you about 0.4% to 0.5% increase. (This is just what I observed on multiple cars) The whole ignition systen gave me 6 whp but this is because even with a good tune and a normal (12.5) a/f ratio i wasnt burning enough all the fuel and I was shooting fireballs out of my exhaust all over the place. The MSD system now burns all my fuel and i do make more power but unfortunetly I dont get to shoot big ***** of fire anymore, only little ones when I shift.
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From: Houston TX
I have a set of callaways on my car. The only benefit I saw is the boot is much smaller and is not near as close to my header primary tube as the stock bulbous boot was. Oh and the wire has a protective shield around the outside of it for heat resistance. I don't believe there is anything to be had performance wise.
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