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Old May 29, 2006 | 02:52 PM
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plug wire question

should i get 9mm wires or just stick with the stock 8's
Old May 29, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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Re: plug wire question

I read an artical in car craft or something of that sort about all these plug wires that keep getting bigger and bigger, the final test result was that a basically stock 7mm core worked better than the 8.8 or 9mm core because of the amount of resistance within the core because of its diameter, but if using a nice coil that doesnt have problem supporting the bigger cores it can be found the 8mm wires might work a little better.
Old May 29, 2006 | 05:06 PM
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good to know thanks
Old May 29, 2006 | 07:07 PM
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Re: plug wire question

Originally Posted by 88IROCTPI
I read an artical in car craft or something of that sort about all these plug wires that keep getting bigger and bigger, the final test result was that a basically stock 7mm core worked better than the 8.8 or 9mm core because of the amount of resistance within the core because of its diameter, but if using a nice coil that doesnt have problem supporting the bigger cores it can be found the 8mm wires might work a little better.

The larger the diameter of the conductor (everything else being equal) the lower the resistance.
Think of it as water running in a pipe the smaller the pipe the harder the pump must work to supply the same amount of water.

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