there was a test done on new plug wired, they tested a new one, and the the guy whipped it one time on the table , the wire lost half of its capacity, the thing i learned , if you pull the boot of , and dont stretch the wire, its ok, but after a couple 3 years i will replace mine as i will this week end , ,cause the boots have gotten soft, and they deteroiate ,and dont insulate as well, i also use msd stuff, it seems to last the longest,one of the problems we have here in colorado, the humidity was 6 percent on saturday i kid you not 6 percent, so our bodies last , but all the rubber , and vynal bits dry out , and rot so we have good rust free panels but our interiors dry out, as well as wires, etc, sorry for the ramble i gotta get to work!o btw we have only had 3.6 inches of rain since january 1 st!airfuelEddie wrote:Yes. And no you dont need the most expensive! Wayne if they are old and crusty they probably need changed. . I would get a set of black MSD 8.5mm Super Conductors if OEM originality isnt a problem, if you want the original look you can get a set from various vendors in the UK I'm sure. Maybe Dave has a good supplier. I prefer MSD but thats just me Wayne. There are other good wires. I use MSD on both my gas vehicles. As the wire gets old the conductor gets brittle, burned, resistance increases as heat increases and they can no longer insulate as well when old&crusty. Plus they scatter the spark all over the engine bay when faulty and old. You should see it in the dark!
yes my car is nicknamed frankenstein, cause when i bought it ,and got it home all the wires ,coil,and distrubutor , all had a blue frankenstein halo around them , it was really cool, but then i worried that something might catch fire,so we shut it down and replaced EVERYTHING and solved the problemRedRaven wrote:I wil check for that Dave, interesting stuff there, certainly stuff that Id not been aware of before!! Cheers.
Yep, a 'neat' thing to observe is how much current you can actually see from under the hood in the dark. Using top quality components and changing them when the time calls for it is paramount to a strong reliable ignition sysytem. I too like MSD for everything! They make their 8.5 mm SC wires in black for the OEM look. I use an MSD Blaster II Coil,(black color), NGK FR5 non- platinum plugs, 8.5 SC wires (in black), MoPar Perf. Dizzy with 18 initial 16 mechanical,(34 total), all in by 2600 RPM,s no vac adv. and it starts easy, runs great, no "light shows" at night under the hood!drewcrane wrote:yes my car is nicknamed frankenstein, cause when i bought it ,and got it home all the wires ,coil,and distrubutor , all had a blue frankenstein halo around them , it was really cool, but then i worried that something might catch fire,so we shut it down and replaced EVERYTHING and solved the problemRedRaven wrote:I wil check for that Dave, interesting stuff there, certainly stuff that Id not been aware of before!! Cheers.
All 8 plugs were changed, only one of the eight leads were changed and the coil to dizzy lead.airfuelEddie wrote:I thought you already had that done Wayne?
This is basic mechanics right?? Is it an easy enough task?airfuelEddie wrote:If not then yes I would enlist the aid of someone who can check the timing, try to get it at around 34 degrees at 3000RPM's
I wouldnt dream of it!!airfuelEddie wrote:The carb I wouldnt mess with too much
Should it be open all the way all of the time or just when you throttle?airfuelEddie wrote:make sure it's opening all the way,(the linkage at WOT), and the choke isnt set or slightly closed when warmed up.
airfuelEddie wrote:And now that we all know bro Wayne is heading into battle with Dave. If he loses....Dave will have his way with him. It probably wont be pretty! GO WAYNE!!