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Location: Grass Valley,CA. | I'd like to replace the complete spark plug wire kit for this car and wonder if any of you can recommend a good supplier.
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| the old wires are different from todays wires. I see the old style OE wires on ebay. If you have any modern electronics in the car the old wires may cause some noise. |
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Location: Grass Valley,CA. | No, it's all stock. |
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Location: N.W. Fla. | Atlas Obsolete makes, or made, OEM style wires. I use generic 8MM Accel wires on my 331. |
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Location: Grass Valley,CA. | Mopar1 - 2016-11-01 5:29 PM
Atlas Obsolete makes, or made, OEM style wires. I use generic 8MM Accel wires on my 331.
DO YOU MEAN LIKE THESE ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mopar-426-331-354-392-Hemi-Spark-Plug-Wires... |
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | Reg Evans - 2016-11-01 7:26 PM I'd like to replace the complete spark plug wire kit for this car and wonder if any of you can recommend a good supplier.
I have just ordered these (should have done this awhile ago):
http://www.moparmall.com/Hemi-Spark-Plug-Wires-w-Insulators-for-195...
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Hey Thanks 56D500Boy. Those look like what are on the engine now. I just ordered a set !
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Location: Peoples Republic of Oregon | ...not so sure that the 'metallic' core is the best wire these days....... |
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Location: Grass Valley,CA. | Why do you say that ? |
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Location: N.W. Fla. | Can interfere with electronics & possible buzz on radios. Reportedly not compatable with Pertronix II ignition (OK with regular Pertronics). |
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Location: Grass Valley,CA. | Is the spark plug tunnel suppose to have a rubber cap on it after the wire is installed ? |
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The early Hemis had no rubber seal at the top of the tube like the later 426 Hemi does. |
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Location: Grass Valley,CA. | Thanks 57chizler ! |
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Location: So. Cal | Mopar1 - 2016-11-02 8:58 AM
Can interfere with electronics & possible buzz on radios. Reportedly not compatable with Pertronix II ignition (OK with regular Pertronics).
I just experienced that problem with my tried and true HEI modules too. With over 12 different vehicles that I have used them on, I have never had one fail. I had a no-spark issue on my '70 Satellite, but it turned out to be a low voltage condition because of a bad bulkhead connector. But I recently installed a copper core coil wire on my '58 Dodge that ended up sparking across to the metal distributor advance tube, through the insulation of the wire. It was about 1/2" away from the tube, but that didn't stop it from arcing there. What's worse is that in doing so, it fried my ignition module. Bogus. Needless to say, I yanked that coil wire out of there and replaced it with a standard version. So I don't recommend them for any electronic ignition systems. |
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Location: Grass Valley,CA. | Success !!!! I benched the distributor today so I could accurately set the dual points to 17. They were set at about 28 :-( .. My new wire set came from Atlas so I had time to install them on the passenger side only but BAM....the engine came alive and started running on all 8 for once. Plug #4, 6, and 8 were very oily and not firing. I guess the old plug wire set was not delivering the juice to the plugs. A big cloud of smoke blew out of the pass side and then the engine smoothed out and the smoking stopped. WooHoo ! |
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | 57chizler - 2016-11-02 1:51 PM
The early Hemis had no rubber seal at the top of the tube like the later 426 Hemi does.
Like this? (before the wire cover was attached):
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Location: Michigan | That is a darn pretty engine compartment... could we trouble you for some more pictures of this beauty? |
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Location: Grass Valley,CA. | Okay, here's some.
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