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Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-05-2006, 05:15 PM

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Plug wires

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Posted By 95metro

Your test got me curious so I checked my wires...

Your test got me curious so I checked my wires finally. I didn't measure lengths 100% accurately - just a rough measure.

Cylinder 1: 3876 ohms/ft
Cylinder 2: 4368 ohms/ft
Cylinder 3: 4248...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-05-2006, 03:16 PM

Replies: 22

Plug wires

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Posted By 95metro

zpiloto - I was just looking at your post again...

zpiloto - I was just looking at your post again and you've had those wires in for 30,000 miles? It doesn't seem like the wires have degraded in the slightest (though I don't know what they started...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

06-05-2006, 02:54 PM

Replies: 22

Plug wires

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Posted By 95metro

Resistance increases with the length of the wire...

Resistance increases with the length of the wire so the shortest wire should have the least resistance the longest, the most. Spark plug wires need very high resistance since they pass voltages in...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

05-30-2006, 08:55 AM

Replies: 22

Plug wires

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Posted By 95metro

You bet. I'll check the old ones and the new ones...

You bet. I'll check the old ones and the new ones and perhaps I'll continue to test the new ones every few months.

Thanks. Yeah, I know the ones you mean now. I got the same ones at NAPA for...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

05-30-2006, 07:42 AM

Replies: 22

Plug wires

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Posted By 95metro

Which plugs are they specifically? I'll have to...

Which plugs are they specifically? I'll have to see if I can find the NGK wires around then...I haven't changed those since I bought the car and I don't know how new/old the current wires are.

Forum: General Fuel Topics

05-30-2006, 06:43 AM

Replies: 22

Plug wires

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Posted By 95metro

I find statements like this to be somewhat...

I find statements like this to be somewhat unfounded. You are approving of one manufacturer and saying everyone else builds junk. How about some tests to prove it? :D

I have no affinity to any...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

05-29-2006, 08:58 AM

Replies: 22

Plug wires

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Posted By 95metro

Thanks katman! I didn't know any of that at all....

Thanks katman! I didn't know any of that at all. Guess I'll have to cut one open and take a peek one of these days.

Forum: General Fuel Topics

05-29-2006, 06:57 AM

Replies: 22

Plug wires

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Posted By 95metro

True. They are in a constant "on-off-on-off"...

True. They are in a constant "on-off-on-off" function and this tends to be harder on electrical components than always on.

Forum: General Fuel Topics

05-29-2006, 06:43 AM

Replies: 22

Plug wires

Views: 2,836

Posted By 95metro

I keep meaning to do a resistance test on old...

I keep meaning to do a resistance test on old wires compared to new wires, but I still haven't bought the new wires and I have no idea how old the wires in my car are so it wouldn't be a seriously...

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