Ill effects from longer plug wires from coil relocation????
11-26-2002, 09:47 PM
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Ill effects from longer plug wires from coil relocation???? It seems thats why GM put the coil on plug design to keep the wire as short as possible for the least amount of lost energy and by relocating the coils, it defeats the design.
Any input?! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
<small>[ November 26, 2002, 09:48 PM: Message edited by: Country Boy ]</small>
Any input?! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
<small>[ November 26, 2002, 09:48 PM: Message edited by: Country Boy ]</small>
11-27-2002, 12:07 AM
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Re: Ill effects from longer plug wires from coil relocation???? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Country Boy:
<strong>It seems thats why GM put the coil on plug design to keep the wire as short as possible for the least amount of lost energy and by relocating the coils, it defeats the design.
Any input?! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I heard that by moving the coils, they get less heat in them and thus produce more spark energy (don't over heat) than they would with the shorter wires (mounted on the heads). I have heard of Corvette guys removing the covers on their cars when racing to prevent coils from over heating.
To me, its all rumors. I am leaving my coils on my heads and have added the Corvette covers to dress up the engine. One thing I can say works is the MSD wires. I just installed a set last week and noticed a definate increase in on the BUTT-O-METER HP tester. The factory wires had 25,000 miles on them and showed to be 11 times more resistant than the MSDs.
Chris
<small>[ November 27, 2002, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: 2001CamaroGuy ]</small>
<strong>It seems thats why GM put the coil on plug design to keep the wire as short as possible for the least amount of lost energy and by relocating the coils, it defeats the design.
Any input?! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I heard that by moving the coils, they get less heat in them and thus produce more spark energy (don't over heat) than they would with the shorter wires (mounted on the heads). I have heard of Corvette guys removing the covers on their cars when racing to prevent coils from over heating.
To me, its all rumors. I am leaving my coils on my heads and have added the Corvette covers to dress up the engine. One thing I can say works is the MSD wires. I just installed a set last week and noticed a definate increase in on the BUTT-O-METER HP tester. The factory wires had 25,000 miles on them and showed to be 11 times more resistant than the MSDs.
Chris
<small>[ November 27, 2002, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: 2001CamaroGuy ]</small>
11-27-2002, 12:13 AM
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Re: Ill effects from longer plug wires from coil relocation???? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> The factory wires had 25,000 miles on them and showed to be 11 times more resistant than the MSDs.
Chris</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is this a fact or did you test this yourself? I thought the factory wires were pretty good and the whole ignition system as a whole is as good as OEM gets.
<small>[ November 27, 2002, 12:16 AM: Message edited by: ZYouL8R ]</small>
Chris</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is this a fact or did you test this yourself? I thought the factory wires were pretty good and the whole ignition system as a whole is as good as OEM gets.
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11-27-2002, 02:27 AM
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Re: Ill effects from longer plug wires from coil relocation???? I don't think it made much difference on mine with longer wires.Low resistance wires will be alright since these cars are computer controled they don't need distributor and covers were a simple spot to put the coils.
11-27-2002, 09:44 AM
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Re: Ill effects from longer plug wires from coil relocation???? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by ZYouL8R:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> The factory wires had 25,000 miles on them and showed to be 11 times more resistant than the MSDs.
Chris</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is this a fact or did you test this yourself? I thought the factory wires were pretty good and the whole ignition system as a whole is as good as OEM gets.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yep....I sat with an ohm meter and tested every wire. It was something like factory = 0.308 ohms and MSD = 0.028 ohms.
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> The factory wires had 25,000 miles on them and showed to be 11 times more resistant than the MSDs.
Chris</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is this a fact or did you test this yourself? I thought the factory wires were pretty good and the whole ignition system as a whole is as good as OEM gets.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yep....I sat with an ohm meter and tested every wire. It was something like factory = 0.308 ohms and MSD = 0.028 ohms.
