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10mm spark plug wires ? Good or bad

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Old 10-01-2013, 02:27 PM
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Default 10mm spark plug wires ? Good or bad

Its time to change plugs and wires on my lt1(has a small misfire) .
I bought ngk tr55's and ebay "high performance " 10mm wires.ivd had some 10mm on a old lt1 i had ,but i got it that way.ivd been told i am going o run into some problems installing them.
Car has stock manifolds.
Any input is appriciated.
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You won't be able to install 10mm wires into the stock looms. I would have gone with stock, ACDelco wires. There is nothing magical about 10mm ones.
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Originally Posted by shbox
You won't be able to install 10mm wires into the stock looms. I would have gone with stock, ACDelco wires. There is nothing magical about 10mm ones.
All true.
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Damn...any tips to avoid them from burning with manifolds?
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Originally Posted by 1_MEANZ28
Damn...any tips to avoid them from burning with manifolds?
zipties...alot of em, run em through anything that doesn't heat up, and hope they came a little long

honestly even routing 8mm wires can be a PITA, I couldn't imagine 10mm
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Originally Posted by 1_MEANZ28
Damn...any tips to avoid them from burning with manifolds?
With the bigger wires I had to run two longer ones on the 6 and 8 cylinders, I used some fiberglass boots to keep anything from burning. The drivers side is easy to run but it gets a bit tight getting anything over a 8.5mm in the stock locations thru the passenger side.



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