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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jasonz28camaro
dont use heat sleeves it not a good idea to hide the wires just use zip ties and wire sep like a **** and dont rest them on the block or the headers!!
Huh?

I'm talking fiberglass heat sleeves, the sleeves that go around spark plug boots that people have been using for ages.
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 01:24 AM
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fukn exact same thing happened to my car, its running rich as *** and smells like raw gas is coming out of the exhaust. and the wires are arching on the headers and making spark, now i need new wires and the fiberglass sleeves...
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 01:39 AM
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make sure u didnt crack the white part on your spark pluggs...its a very comon thing that happens after a header install... gl man keep them wires away from heat aqnd metal so no arching..lol
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RamAir95TA
Huh?

I'm talking fiberglass heat sleeves, the sleeves that go around spark plug boots that people have been using for ages.
Yea, things like these are what I was thinking of...
http://www.amazon.com/ACCEL-170081-S...0811211&sr=1-1
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 06:08 AM
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Hey:

Joe is talking about this item:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Therm...item4cf09100df

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