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Author:  Sam Powell [ Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:53 am ]
Post subject:  Dan's spark plug wires.
Dan,YOu have a favorite spark plug wire, which I have wisely recorded and filed where I can access it, (really, honest). Do you know if they include the drool tube boots? How do you feel about them? Do you use them, or simply leave them off? Are they available anywhere new? It seems as if maybe one of the newer hemi style import engine's spark tube caps might fit.

I just changed the plug wires on my daughter's Honda, and it has caps, but the wires come in from the side.

Also, are these wires an RF suppression wire? That would be essential for the protection of the ignition signal that runs right through all the spark plug wires to the ECU.

Sam

Sam
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:13 am ]
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I'm all about the Magnecor wires. The original-style flared boots don't come with them — helping along with the reproduction of that style of boot (by a separate, non-Magnecor company) is amongst the many projects I usually haven't got time to attend to — but the Magnecor people are coöperative and helpful, and if you specify parts they have available, they'll build you up the set of wires you want. Their off-the-shelf wire sets are number 6008/6508/6708 (7mm, 8mm, 8.5mm) for the pre-'78 slant-6. Give me a couple days; I'm overdue to get back in touch with the guys at Magnecor and follow up on some old product spec and development questions.

Magnecor wires have spiral-wound conductors for magnetic suppression of EMI/RFI.

I like to use a boot that has a plug tube cover if possible, but it's one of the details I don't sweat too hard. If you have no alternative, you can use a "stepped" straight boot (larger diameter at its mouth that covers the spark plug than back on the part that covers the wire itself), together with the NAPA-Belden slide-on rubber disc covers.
Author:  emsvitil [ Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:58 pm ]
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I use the old air-cooled VW boots..........

(get them at local VW shop)
Author:  Sam Powell [ Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:09 pm ]
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Thanks Dan. I need to install a new set of wires. I will wait till hear from you, and thanks in advance. Let me know how to order. What size of wire do you recommend? What effect does it have on performance? I gather these are not off the shelf products that NAPA carries.

It is my practice to put angled distributor boots on several of the wires to keep them from rubbing up against the fender. I can't remember which ones right off. Maybe you do the same thing.

Sam
Author:  SlantSixDan [ Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:23 pm ]
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The magnecor wires get ordered directly from the Magnecor people. You needn't get the 8.5mm wires; the 8mm items will be fine without creating physical fitment problems (distributor caps were made for 7mm wires). For that matter, the 7mm wires will work fine, with the 8mm items being more of a premium choice. I don't recollect what colour the different wire sets are, but they're each a different colour.

Although most of the replacement wire sets have straight 180° distributor boots on all the wires, many of the original slant-6 wires did have 90° distributor boots on four out of the six spark plug wires. This is one of the things I'm working with Magnecor on.

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Author:  Valleyant [ Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:15 pm ]
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Hi,
The magnecor 8.5mm wires are red, 8mm are blue and 7mm are black. I plan on buying a set of the black and getting the belden boots that Dan recommended. I used the 8.5mm magnecor wires on my 2.2 Chrysler turbo cars and never had a problem, I bet my newly aquired Slant Six will have the same experience with these wires!! and Thankyou Dan, for your efforts. I hope magnecor will make an oem type wire set soon!!
Nico
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