Plugs Wires.
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Plugs Wires.
Hi all. 2004 QC 4x4 Hemi Sport 37k. I just replace my plug wires with some Taylor Custom ORANGE 8mm Spiro-Pro. FYI Thy don’t fit that well. There are to fat to fit into the wire loom. If I could do it all over again, I would have gone with the shortys. You can always leave the stock wires in place if need to be. Changing the wires was more of a pain then the plugs was. It does look cool thou.
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i just saw a auction for some orange 8mm shorties on ebay. Are there any pro's/con's with regular taylor 8mm's and the shorties besides being cheaper, or are they just more "conveinent" to install? The auction only had 2 pictures but it did make the engine bay look cleaner...
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Well the shorty’s are very convenient to install. This is what I read on another forum. After I bought my long wires, I read this. This was Originally posted by weldedhemi:
Important info: There's really 2 types of wires here the 8mm Spiro pro and 8.2mm thundervolt 50(the 10.4mm thundervolt 50 is the same wire as the 8.2mm but has more insulation that we don't need). The thundervolt 50s are much better because the resistance is only 50 ohms per foot, much lower than the other. Less ohms means more spark. The 8mm spiro pro wires have 350 ohms resistance per foot. The 8.2mm Thundervolt 50 wires have 50 ohms per foot resistance. The stock Dodge wires have about 10,000 ohms resistance per foot. So, any of the Taylor wires are a big step up.
So. After I bought my wires and installed them I would have got the shorty’s. btw. My CAI works very well. + it a MOPAR.
Important info: There's really 2 types of wires here the 8mm Spiro pro and 8.2mm thundervolt 50(the 10.4mm thundervolt 50 is the same wire as the 8.2mm but has more insulation that we don't need). The thundervolt 50s are much better because the resistance is only 50 ohms per foot, much lower than the other. Less ohms means more spark. The 8mm spiro pro wires have 350 ohms resistance per foot. The 8.2mm Thundervolt 50 wires have 50 ohms per foot resistance. The stock Dodge wires have about 10,000 ohms resistance per foot. So, any of the Taylor wires are a big step up.
So. After I bought my wires and installed them I would have got the shorty’s. btw. My CAI works very well. + it a MOPAR.
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hemistyle Wrote:
Lower resistance is not always better and, in fact, can be detrimental to the performance of today's electronically controlled engines. Using spark plug wires of lower resistance than the OEM recommendation will not, within itself, produce any gain in performance as the spark plug cannot use a greater electricial power than it was orginally disigned to use. Perhaps the quote below from Magnecor will serve to explain this fact.
The thundervolt 50s are much better because the resistance is only 50 ohms per foot, much lower than the other. Less ohms means more spark.
Electrical devices, including SPARK PLUGS, use only the electrical energy necessary to perform the function for which such devices are designed. IGNITION WIRES are nothing other than conductors, and whereas an ignition wire's inefficient or failing conductor or insulating jacket (particularly a jacket inside grounded metal shielding) can reduce the flow of electricity to the spark plug, an ignition wire that allegedly generates an "increase" in spark energy will have no effect on the spark jumping across the spark plug gap, as the energy consumed at the spark plug gap won't be any more than what is needed to jump the gap (e.g. a 25 watt light bulb won't use any more energy or produce any more light if it's screwed into a socket wired to supply current to a 100,000 watt light bulb).
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interesting. learn something new everyday. thank you for your reply
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hemistyle Wrote:
Lower resistance is not always better and, in fact, can be detrimental to the performance of today's electronically controlled engines. Using spark plug wires of lower resistance than the OEM recommendation will not, within itself, produce any gain in performance as the spark plug cannot use a greater electricial power than it was orginally disigned to use. Perhaps the quote below from Magnecor will serve to explain this fact.
hemistyle Wrote:
The thundervolt 50s are much better because the resistance is only 50 ohms per foot, much lower than the other. Less ohms means more spark.
Electrical devices, including SPARK PLUGS, use only the electrical energy necessary to perform the function for which such devices are designed. IGNITION WIRES are nothing other than conductors, and whereas an ignition wire's inefficient or failing conductor or insulating jacket (particularly a jacket inside grounded metal shielding) can reduce the flow of electricity to the spark plug, an ignition wire that allegedly generates an "increase" in spark energy will have no effect on the spark jumping across the spark plug gap, as the energy consumed at the spark plug gap won't be any more than what is needed to jump the gap (e.g. a 25 watt light bulb won't use any more energy or produce any more light if it's screwed into a socket wired to supply current to a 100,000 watt light bulb).
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Is that the K&N factory replacement CAI. If so there is a recall on it. 4000+ people had a small piece from inside the CAI come loose and get lodged in the motor.
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no k/n. all mopar.
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Is that the K&N factory replacement CAI. If so there is a recall on it. 4000+ people had a small piece from inside the CAI come loose and get lodged in the motor.
Is that the K&N factory replacement CAI. If so there is a recall on it. 4000+ people had a small piece from inside the CAI come loose and get lodged in the motor.