MSD 8.5 wires fitment
05-03-2006, 10:09 AM
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MSD 8.5 wires fitment i bought the new super conductor 8.5 MSD wires, and tried installing them but the front two on the drivers side seemed to rest on the headers, i didnt even bother with the passenger side. i have MAC headers BTW.
anybody else experience this? anything i can do to make them work?
anybody else experience this? anything i can do to make them work?
05-03-2006, 10:44 AM
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My #3 would rest on the header sometimes. I just twisted the plug wire where it plugs onto the coil to change the way the wire sat. It has never touched since. Maybe this would help you as well. I dont know how the Mac header are compared to the Hookers.
05-03-2006, 11:07 AM
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The plug boots are made to be bent. I have them on my ET heads with a 1/2 spacer. I have the boots bent 45 degrees to reach and not touch the headers.
Try it, you will like it.
Bob
Try it, you will like it.
Bob
05-03-2006, 11:35 AM
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oh i didnt know i could bend them... just thought they were straight, and im sure mac headers are the same as any other 1 3/4 headers at the top near the head.
ill try bending them today and see what happens
ill try bending them today and see what happens
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05-03-2006, 06:10 PM
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thats what mine does, but i took them off as soon i realized they touched the primary tubes...
also, i was thinking... wouldnt bending the boot increase resistance in the wire and mess with the spark and a/f ratio?
also, i was thinking... wouldnt bending the boot increase resistance in the wire and mess with the spark and a/f ratio?
05-03-2006, 07:40 PM
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Anybody having trouble getting them to double click on to the coil pack?
I'm having a hell of a time with the last coil pack on the drivers side on my Z06.
It feels like and I think I hear two clicks..but then a week later I have to remove and reinstall.
The wires are fine as they work when I swap out the number seven wire to another plug and coil..(two easy clicks and its on) but the one that I put on number 7 again...
I can't get a good double click..I think I hear two clicks but then a week later I'm back to removing and replacing two other wires...
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance..
I'm having a hell of a time with the last coil pack on the drivers side on my Z06.
It feels like and I think I hear two clicks..but then a week later I have to remove and reinstall.
The wires are fine as they work when I swap out the number seven wire to another plug and coil..(two easy clicks and its on) but the one that I put on number 7 again...
I can't get a good double click..I think I hear two clicks but then a week later I'm back to removing and replacing two other wires...
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance..
05-04-2006, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by JBsZ06
Anybody having trouble getting them to double click on to the coil pack?
Thanks in advance..
Thanks in advance..
Yeah I had some trouble sometimes making them connect as well. I just played with it untill it was on. It was about 2 wires that gave me trouble.
05-04-2006, 01:03 PM
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I had one on the passenger side resting against the header and it got brittle and crack. It didn't melt. It got really hard and brittle. I rubbed it with my thumb and it just flaked away like hard plastic.
05-04-2006, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by peterock98
I had msd on there, I went back to the stockers.
05-04-2006, 02:02 PM
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i just installed the MSD's... bent the boots just a tad and they clear the headers fine...hopefully by me shaping them alittle wont result in loss of spark or anything... they didnt double click on the plug, but they double clicked on the coil packs... they should stay on though, i put one on and took it off and it was harder than the stock ones to take off, that thing was on there.
