best plug wires

[jojo]

No mention of MSDs, i run these 8.5mm and seem to kick but, they are all red and look nice to. They werent cheap though, i think i paid 70-80 skins for them, but work awesome. They seem to flow the spark beautifally.

jojo

 

[Danster]

Jacobs here.


Dannyo

 

[Ed Valvo]

10mm Magnacores here. Running them for 6 years now and they have not failed me yet.

 

[Two Lane]

Love my Moroso wires!


HTH

 

[Snorman]

IMO, the Kirban OEM replacement wires are fine. I'm not sure the 10mm wires offer any real benefit despite the decreased resistance.
S.

 

[QWIKTURBO]

MSD

Superconductors here. They're the red ones. Like someone else said they are about 60-70 bucks but the best wires I've had since Ive had the car. No complaints.

 

[QuickSixx]

Reds.

 

[shmed]

Reds!!

 

[fast eddie]

how can you have reduced resistance with thicker wires

 

[Two Lane]

The same way larger pipes flow more water ...the same way more cars can travel more quickly on an 8-lane hiway, etcetera, etcetera.

HTH

 

[shmed]

uhhh??? larger wires dont exactly mean the core inside is larger. all it is, is more insulation around the core.

 

[Two Lane]

Scmed,

3 ways to flow more juice are:

increased wire diameter,

increased conductivity of wire material,

or both.


(No inference to insulation thickness, only the wire within.)


HTH

 

[fast eddie]

Thats what i though thanks two Lane

 

[Russ Merritt]

10mm Mags here, Jacobs work well too. I had bad luck with the MSD SCs, Car pops awful with them. Tried 2 sets no luck.

 

[TheDoughboy]

I have the ATR's on there now, with lube. Been on 6 months and seem fine. I wanted an all black wire to keep a stock look, kinda.

Ron

 

[Louie L.]

Ive had great luck with Reds wires. Ive been using the crane firewires that were on sale several years ago and bought several sets. They are working like a champ;

Ive also used a set of hand me down Taylors and those looked and worked were well. never pulled any of them apart.

 

[crash]

Im pretty sure RA, ATR and KB don't make their own wires, just put their name on someone elses. Anyone know who makes their wires? I don't so I went with the Magnecor 10mm's a few years back with no problems.

 

[Steve Wood]

Normally the 10 mm wire has more insulation around it than does the 8.5 variety. Has nothing to do with the wire size and resistance has nothing to do with wire performance despite what the ads may say.

I have had Magnecores on one car for about 7 years and they still work well. I have Taylor wires on another just because I like the look, and I have the Cranes on another just because they were really cheap!

Jacobs work fine and their warranty is great but the construction, mechanically, is not always that good.

Bottom line is that a $29 set of wires will work very well but they might need replacing every year and may not have the the heat resistance of some of the fatter, expensive wires.

 

[TURBOV6]

Usually the better quality wire has lower resistance in then which will give you a hotter spark. Low resistance without electronic In a single 12 inch length of Super Conductor Wire there is only 40 - 50 ohms of resistance they use a copper alloy conductor due to it's great voltage carrying capabilities. The low resistance results in less loss in spark energy so more reaches the spark plug. The conductor is wound extremely tight around a special center core. There is over 40 feet of conductor wrapped into a single foot of plug wire. This winding procedure, combined with a ferro-magnetic impregnated center core, produces an extremely effective Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) "choke".

 

[Bens87tr]

Originally posted by salvageV6
Saw the end come off a Red's wire this past weekend at Englishtown.

Not sure how much lube was on it, didn't ask.

Who could you be talking about, Al? I'm a little late on replying, but better late then never. I was actually doing a search on wires (because I need new ones) and came across this topic. The Red's lasted me about a week or so. Broke 2 at the track. I used silicon spray like the instructions said. I'll be looking elswhere now.