 Why are the plug wire boots 2 sizes? |
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| PanelBilly |
 Jun 28 2011, 08:22 PM
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Two are long and 2 are short. I figure there's a reason.
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| jcd914 |
Jun 28 2011, 08:31 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
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 |
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| SirAndy |
Jun 28 2011, 08:32 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,636 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
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 ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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| brant |
Jun 28 2011, 08:40 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,623 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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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 |
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| 76-914 |
Jun 28 2011, 09:56 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,500 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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Or to qoute Captain Ron in the movie of the same name "Well, nobody knows" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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| VaccaRabite |
Jun 28 2011, 10:45 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,442 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(76-914 @ Jun 28 2011, 10:56 PM) Or to qoute Captain Ron in the movie of the same name "Well, nobody knows" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) Well, anyone who has tried to put 2.0 wires on a 1.7 or 1.8 knows. ;-) Zach |
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| reharvey |
Jun 29 2011, 10:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 573 Joined: 16-July 08 From: N. E. Ohio Member No.: 9,308 Region Association: North East States |
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
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