Spark plug wires
 

Gents -

Quick pole on spark plug wires.

What's your favorite and why (experiences)

Thanks,

Archer

MSD 8.5mm Super Conductors .... low resistance and very reliable, never had a problem on even the wettest days

^what he said

anything but accel!

for the color alone in my camp lol

i have accel right now
they are ok, but i could get better

Guys -

Ok, thanks for the help - I think.

I'm using Accel wires for a couple of reasons. First, color isn't an option. I need yellow wires, as the car has been restored to the way it looked in '82, when I first dropped in the big block. In my neck of the woods, if you didn't have "yellow wires" back then you just weren't cool.

Wires don't create HP, all they do is conduct electricity. Once you have enough spark to fully ignite the fuel, any more is marketing hype.

Other problems can rob spark and that therefore hurt performance. Things like arcing and wires with too much resistance (# of ohms) can be problematic, see above, as in "enough" spark to ignite the fuel.

I was interested in specific issues with certain wires, especially if some were more common than others, for example: Years ago I tried 2 set of Moroso Blue Max wires. Despite numerous wire looms and wraps, those things arced on anything that even looked like metal.

I've tried MSD plug boots as I was having header heat issues and they were thicker than the Accel plug boots, so they should be better, right? The Accel boots singed and the MSD cracked over the plug nipple. Wasn't impressed.

That was the kinda stuff I was looking for.

Archer.

No prob - I think

If you know already that you want to use Accel wires and have good experience with it what is the quiz for then?

Tomi

I think it was the pop quiz at the end of the chapter

Tomi -

Real simple, I haven't tried everything out there, I gave examples of two that I have tried. The reason for a poll was that, if used, it should represent more than a single responder saying something like "I've used brand X for 25 years and never had a problem", which is great for that guy but may not be representitive of anything more than an isolated case. If it's not used, then it was just a shot.

I said I needed "yellow" wires, Taylor also makes yellow, but I've never used them.

Archer

havent used tailor for awhile but they are a good wire

Try with the lesson first instead of the question next time then we might understand just what it is your inquiring about ;)