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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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Just finishing up my new bullet.
What plug wires are the favorites?
Using MSD ignition system and distributor.
Car is strip only so I don't care about RFI static.....
Old Jan 28, 2010 | 07:41 AM
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I just use FRPP wires
Old Jan 28, 2010 | 08:40 AM
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I just use FRPP wires

im gonna have to +1 this post...
Old Jan 28, 2010 | 09:03 AM
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Plug wires are a no brainer really there all the same exept for one thing the inner core can either be solid or spiral wound, the 8mm 9mm 10.4mm dosent mean the wires are any better that is just how thick the insulator diameter is has no effect on spark travel ( they do take a little longer to burn on your header though ) lol, if you could get a plug wire with a bigger core wire then there might be some gain out of it.

Since the cross-sectional diameter of the actual conductor isnt any bigger than you get no performance gain from it, a bigger core wire would in theory give you more of the 45-48000 v jolt you are wanting with less loss form resistance of the wires. The gain wouldn`t really be worth it i dont think that is why they only use the same sized inner core wire in all of them. and noone would spend 200$ on plug wires i dont think!
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