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Posted by: Dave Cawdrey Jul 13 2003, 11:26 PM

I read about stainless steel, copper, or impregnated fiberglass. What are the differences? What does RFI suppression mean (fg wires)? What should I use?

Posted by: Qarl Jul 13 2003, 11:32 PM

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

I think... means you won't hear the RPMs of the car as a whine in your radio speakers

Posted by: Dave Cawdrey Jul 13 2003, 11:43 PM

For real? Hummm. Not gonna have a radio...

Posted by: Andyrew Jul 13 2003, 11:43 PM

That reminds me of a trip I took on a bus. I had my am/fm radio with headphones and I sat and listened to the engine of the bus for like 30 mins.. Must have been some high RFI levels on those wires!

Posted by: ChrisReale Jul 14 2003, 12:00 AM

I have read good things about Magnecore wires.

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 14 2003, 12:06 AM

yepp, and if you wanna be on the safe side, get metal spark-plug connectors too ...

Andy

Posted by: Dave Cawdrey Jul 14 2003, 12:12 AM

I'm thinkin' about Mallory. I'm interested in their fuel pump/regulators, Unilite conversion kit, and some other goodies. Polly get all that stuff in one order...

Some day

Posted by: Mark Henry Jul 14 2003, 04:43 AM

My fuel injection system, SDS, says that they have had nothing but problems with Mallory, Nology and Taylor plug wires. They also say to never use solid core wires.

Both Haltec and SDS say that Magnecor wires are the best, you can buy them factory direct at:
http://www.magnecor.com/
The site also has good tech info on wires, more than you'll ever want to know.


SDS then says that MSD superconductor, NGK, Accel 8.8 yellow and OEM are your next best choices. Although I think only the 7mm wires fit the stock spark plug ends.

Posted by: seanery Jul 14 2003, 07:41 AM

I researched this for 2 or 3 weeks before I bought my wires. Magnecore is what I decided on.
Magnecore is what I reccomend. Don't cheap out on plug wires!

Posted by: J P Stein Jul 14 2003, 10:45 AM

I'll 2nd (or is it 3rd) the Magnecore wires.

Posted by: si2t3m Jul 14 2003, 11:46 AM

Same thing here. Magnecor and i love them.

Marc-André

Posted by: tracks914 Jul 14 2003, 12:21 PM

I hope that bus had a gas engine. The spark plug wires on a diesel engine don't seem to whine all that much.

Posted by: seanery Jul 15 2003, 08:11 AM

Dave,

Richard Clewitt sells the magnecore wires. He's a 914 guy in Manhattan Beach, CA. He's also a big Electromotive guy, too.
He's got a badass 3.1 turbo that he built. He's a nice guy and very good with our cars.

http://www.clewett.com/

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jul 15 2003, 03:55 PM

no-one uses bosch oem wires? ive had no problems with em- (but i have no radio either)

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jul 15 2003, 03:56 PM

oh yeah- diesels dont have sparkplugs!!!

Posted by: rdauenhauer Jul 18 2003, 05:14 PM

Ok back to the Nology wires. Anyone find thier "performance" claims back up the steep price?

Posted by: ChrisReale Jul 19 2003, 01:40 AM

Its like those stereo geeks who pay top dollar for pure silver speaker cable, never let them touch the floor....There is prolly some advantage, but I will never, ever,have the ability to recognize it.

Posted by: jkeyzer Jul 19 2003, 02:35 AM

Nor...will...they...