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04 Hemi, Taylor Shorty wires 8.2 or 10.4 MM ? Thundervolt or? and Plugs 06 Conversion

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Old Jul 21, 2023 | 08:10 PM
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Do you have a link, i googled it but a bunch of different things are coming up.
 
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a whole host of 'em. Powerline filter. Get one that is meaner than the amount of power you are using.
 
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So to install these I have to splice into the power wire of the radio?
 
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Old Jul 21, 2023 | 10:21 PM
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Yep. As close to the radio as you can get.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2023 | 10:29 PM
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Gotcha, I am wondering if I should try the full length MSD Wires or if I'd have the same issue.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2023 | 10:12 AM
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Probably. Depends on how well shielded the wires are.
 
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These new set of wires Taylor sent me are supposed to really be good at not causing noise, Wonder why my truck is so sensitive.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2023 | 09:15 AM
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Well both sets/models of the Taylor shorty wires were a fail, the 10.4 didn't throw a code for about 2 weeks and then it was none stop after that.

Radio noise was there but not as bad a the first set.

I installed the MSD 8.5 full length last night and so far so good.

Taylors look so much better but my suggestion is to stay away from them, The MSD look like a rats nest and I am having a hard time getting them to look decent.
 
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Originally Posted by Joe.G
I installed the MSD 8.5 full length last night and so far so good.

Taylors look so much better but my suggestion is to stay away from them, The MSD look like a rats nest and I am having a hard time getting them to look decent.
Got any pictures to share?
 
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Old Aug 7, 2023 | 01:26 PM
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So, ah... question please.

Pease excuse my ignorance, I am HEMI 5.7 newbie having acquired this truck 5 months ago... So I understand wasted spark is to try to burn off remaining fuel to save the catalytic converter and thus the environment...
It appears the shorty wires just have both plugs firing simultaneously in the same cylinder instead of all that crazy cross town wire looming I now have.

So, doesn't the computer see that there is no more wasted spark via the o2 sensor(s) or anything? Is there a computer hack or tuner needed to make this work well?

AND,
Now asides from the spark assurance from redundancy, and better volumetric fuel burn in the single power stroke, what if we just left an old spark plug in the extra hole and didn't run any wires?
Wouldn't it run like a small block Chevy with domed pistons?

Again, flame me if you must, but I am thinking out loud and hopefully someone can educate me like the Hemi child that I am.
Admittedly, I thought "16 spark plugs??" what if I just rotated the old primary plugs (re-gaped) into the waste plug holes and just refreshed the good set. I am a conservative (and I am cheap thrifty...)
 
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