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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Why are the plug wire boots 2 sizes?

Posted by: PanelBilly Jun 28 2011, 08:22 PM

Two are long and 2 are short. I figure there's a reason.

Posted by: jcd914 Jun 28 2011, 08:31 PM

On 1.7 & 1.8 engines the long connectors are needed to reach the front plugs thru the sheetmetal. Few sets come with short connectors for the 2.0 914 engines.

Jim

Posted by: SirAndy Jun 28 2011, 08:32 PM

QUOTE(PanelBilly @ Jun 28 2011, 07:22 PM)

Two are long and 2 are short. I figure there's a reason.

Distance from the engine tin to the spark plugs is different front to back ...

Posted by: brant Jun 28 2011, 08:40 PM

Also if you look at the tip of the connectors they are marked with an amount of resistance (you can verify this with an ohm meter)

the long and short ones have different amounts of resistance
I always figured it was to compensate for the different lengths of wire to reach front-vs-back

Posted by: 76-914 Jun 28 2011, 09:56 PM

Or to qoute Captain Ron in the movie of the same name "Well, nobody knows"

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Jun 28 2011, 10:45 PM

QUOTE(76-914 @ Jun 28 2011, 10:56 PM)

Or to qoute Captain Ron in the movie of the same name "Well, nobody knows"

Well, anyone who has tried to put 2.0 wires on a 1.7 or 1.8 knows. ;-)

Zach

Posted by: reharvey Jun 29 2011, 10:38 AM

It's hard to find a wire set with 4 short tips to fit a 2.0. I keep a box of the short ones around to change them out for the long tips. Ray