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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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Well I just found out that one of my MSD plug wires thought it would be cool to ground itself against the header. Well I wrapped the damaged wire in heat tape ( i dont have any extra wires) and I bent the base of the wire almost 90 degrees so it wouldnt happen again. My question is this, my buddy says you can bend them and it wont effect anything, so Im just making sure its ok to bend them. Also does anybody know where to just get 1 8.5 MSD plug wire? I dont know how long my temp fix is going to last. I even might just replace them with stockers, I heard a rumor that the stockers actually have a lower resistance rating, but Im going to look into that one
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I bent mine and haven't had any issues with them. As far as finding one wire, good luck
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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MSD designed them to bend, thus "bendable" boots
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 08:58 PM
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45 deg only
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thanks guys! yeah that wire is impossible to find. My tuner said he can make some wires with a msd kit he's buying
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dont wanna high jack but i have a set of msd's, been on the car for 50k. should i ever need to relpace these???
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Originally Posted by foreverzero
Well I just found out that one of my MSD plug wires thought it would be cool to ground itself against the header. Well I wrapped the damaged wire in heat tape ( i dont have any extra wires) and I bent the base of the wire almost 90 degrees so it wouldnt happen again. My question is this, my buddy says you can bend them and it wont effect anything, so Im just making sure its ok to bend them. Also does anybody know where to just get 1 8.5 MSD plug wire? I dont know how long my temp fix is going to last. I even might just replace them with stockers, I heard a rumor that the stockers actually have a lower resistance rating, but Im going to look into that one
Yes you can buy single MSD wires from CC performance. They are a sponser here and Chris is a great guy to do business with.
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Yes you can buy single MSD wires from CC performance. They are a sponser here and Chris is a great guy to do business with.
Good to know!
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