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anyone tried heat tape on headers to stop arcing

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Old 10-11-2003, 09:11 PM
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anyone tried heat tape on headers to stop arcing

well, im changing wires as soon as they come ,,,,
but if i wrap header in that heat stuff at least where
they would be close to spark plugs would this maby help
prevent arving and changing wires again which seems to be
common prob,.......
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Old 10-11-2003, 09:16 PM
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It might help but when your headers start rusting apart you will take it right back off.
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Old 10-11-2003, 10:04 PM
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Heat tape on headers? NO! You can do what I did and wrap metalic heat reflective tape around portions of your plug wires. That will keep your wires from getting burnt...works great!
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Get some Magnecor wires, you won't have anything else to worry about http://www.magnecor.com/
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heat

use accel fire boots for your plug wires
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