What makes a great plug wire?

[hls30.com]

Has anybody done any looking into the best Spark plug wires-I know Vicky played around with the manufacturer that advertized the old capacitor issue, but has anybody really found out what is important. I am looking at the old standby, NGK, and trying to narrow down what is really important in a sparkplug wire-any EEs in the house?

Will

[Mark Schue]

I use NGK wires in my Z and Taylor wires in my race car. The engine builder for the race car dyno'd with various wires and found no difference. We went with Taylor cause they were good, affordable wires that held up to constantantly being removed and put back on. Went with NGK in the Z because the are also good and original.

Some interesting reading on the Magnecor website. http://www.magnecor.com/magnecor1/main.htm

Of course they are trying to convince people to buy their product.

[hls30.com]

I have read the Magnecor site, and I agree it is good, I could not remember what MFR had that info, thanks for the link. I have heard good things about Taylor as well, MSA carries 3 levels of their wires.

Will

[ChrisA]

Will, I run Taylor on the 72 and MSD 8.5mm Super Conductor on the 73. Dont really know if one is better than the other, just thought the MSD wires were cool. Plus I built them myself for a cleaner install around the dizzy cap.

http://www.msdignition.com/1wirac.htm

Chris

[Zrush]

Yeah, I had asked the question about those Nology Hotwires. $159.95 for a set of 4. Ricer gimmick I do believe. Anyway, Scott runs the NGK plugs with the MSD Super Conductor 8.5mm wires on the 77 280Z. He didn't like the Taylors for some reason or another. I believe they were not compatable with the coil he is using, at least at the time. Taylor now has a Thundervolt 10.4 mm wire that can handle 102,000 volt dielectric strength.

I love the Summit magazines, they have so much stuff.

Vicky

[bpilati]

I have Nissan 280Z or ZX wires in my Z.

[240Zdragon72]

I use Taylor 8.0mm in conjunction with NGK plugs (#BPR6ES). No problems with them. Want to put a MSD 6A ignition controller on this turbo motor. Will it work?

[hls30.com]

It will definitely fire the plugs, but it really depends on your timiing controller (ECM) I am not sure about its compatability with variable timing control.

Will

[seerex]

always used NGK on my Z's as well as the honda , never had an issue with them

[240Zdragon72]

It will definitely fire the plugs, but it really depends on your timiing controller (ECM) I am not sure about its compatability with variable timing control.

Will

Thanks man. I will have to do some homework on this.

[Zrush]

The reason I used MSD spark plug wires was that I changed the coil to a Crane PS40. I could'nt understand why the car ran like crap only to find out that I was fouling out 2 spark plugs on a constant basis. Well by accident I had the motor running with the hood up and it was dark in the garage and I could see arching from the boots of my Taylor wires. The spark was finding a ground to the head. Changed wires problem sovled. I use NGK BRES series plugs using a .035 gap. All's well

Scott

[g72s20]

In 1992 I had a distributor rebuilt (along with the rest of the motor) for a GM Holden 308 cu.in. The guy doing the work raced these in a class called Auscars, similiar thing to nascars, banked oval track,.... race around at 6 grand plus for anything up to 2hrs.

He recommended tne Magnecor leads...so thats what I went with. 250,000 klms(about 155000 miles) later they still ran without the hint of a misfire. This motor used to see 6 grand on the very odd occasion, and was still happy doing it 10 years on, same leads! I would clean and test the leads periodically but they always tested Ok.

They did cost a lot more initially, around $80 if I remember correctly, when you could get a cheapy set for around $25. Never had an ounce of trouble with that ignition. I know what I'll be buying when mine need replacing

Jim.