Plug Wire Question
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Plug Wire Question ok, this is pretty stupid but I thought I'd ask anyways. I have some GMPP plug wires and 7 out of the 8 installed perfectly with good clearance around my headers. The passenger plug (closest to the front of the car) is the b*tch. For some reason the end of the boot touches the header - so much so that I can't even fit the stock boot protector on.
I want you opinion, should I just razor knife a little length off the end of the boot ? Im thinking I need something like 1/4" or maybe less . Bad idea ?
I want you opinion, should I just razor knife a little length off the end of the boot ? Im thinking I need something like 1/4" or maybe less . Bad idea ?
There is probably something wrong with the plug wire or the header heat sheild. I would not cut the plug boot, if you cut to far, thats the end of that wire. I have Taylor '409' wires, no problems with stock headers or MACs
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Hmm, I checked the wire against all the others and their the same length - so nothing wrong their. Also I decided early on that I cant use the heat shield (It just wont fit, also nothing wrong with that either).
I dunno....
I dunno....
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Im running Bassani Mid-lengths, the plug boot is touching the header itself (barely). I noticed that it did this on the last plug wire I ran (Accel 9000's), looked like a small cigarette burn - bad enough to burn through the boot though.
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Hey,I had this problem on the back firewall plug. The wire would rest against the FLP headers and would burn very quickly from the heat especially at the track. Tried a few things eventually the solution was MSD wires and koolsox. The MSD wires have a thinner boot and I wrapped them double in the koolsox. No problems since but i check that wire every once in awhile.
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I run Taylor 'fire sleeves' or whatever they're called on any wires that are close to the header. The Taylor 409 wires are the biggest wires I would say, and one of mine was sliiiightly melted one day so I wrapped up the 3 worst offenders and never had a problem again.
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