Heavy means it weighs a lot....
The after market boxes burn the resistor UP.Then the plug has so much resistance or gap in the resistor they won't fire,especially with a .050 gap.
In an AC if ya get the plugs WITHOUT the "R" on the box it has no resistor. I have not found them to interfere with the other electronics in the car. The radio might buzz a tiny bit at certain times but don't listen to tunes when ya race.
The exotic metal plugs might do the same as short ground strap plugs but ya got to keep all the peaces attatched to the plug and working.

 

Yeah, I thought that's what you meant but you never know...

I run a non-resistor plugs in my dragster with a 7AL-3. I had to pull a spare plug from the tool box and I don't get what you're saying LR. This plug weighs (3/4 hex) the same as the resistor-type Champions I'm running in my street cars.

Have you actually weighed the resistor plugs? What difference did you find?



Never have had a problem here either. Never tried running a race box, designed for non-resistor plugs, with resistor type though. Maybe that was your problem?

Nope, not if it is a manufacturer replacement plug. The 41-943 AC Platinum is a good example. It's still a resistor plug.

Nah, the PCM would be my biggest concern since it controls all the important stuff.

FWIW, I ran 9-second 1/4 mile times with resistor plugs so I don't feel they're a problem. Misinformation can be though.

-Mindgame

 

[QUOTE=Mindgame]Yeah, I thought that's what you meant but you never know...

I run a non-resistor plugs in my dragster with a 7AL-3. I had to pull a spare plug from the tool box and I don't get what you're saying LR. This plug weighs (3/4 hex) the same as the resistor-type Champions I'm running in my street cars.

Have you actually weighed the resistor plugs? What difference did you find?





Never have had a problem here either. Never tried running a race box, designed for non-resistor plugs, with resistor type though. Maybe that was your problem?



Nope, not if it is a manufacturer replacement plug. The 41-943 AC Platinum is a good example. It's still a resistor plug.



Nah, the PCM would be my biggest concern since it controls all the important stuff.

FWIW, I ran 9-second 1/4 mile times with resistor plugs so I don't feel they're a problem. Misinformation can be though.

-Mindgame[/QUOTE

Those AC 41-943's have platinum in them,sure they got a resistor to keep from frying the exotic metal.Hey try running them with a Joe Hunt Mag.
I don't use that kind of plug even in my lawn mower and if I hadn't had bad luck with them it may be different and I wouldn't be saying anything..
411 for ya pal a bad experience with items isn't mis information and the plug manufacturers want to sell plugs so I reckon that makes it all right.
If you don't have a problem THAT makes it alright but if I had a problem it's mis information well that's bull.
Guess ya are a very lucky fellow not to have problems.
The computer's with the non resistor Champions I run don't bat an eye they keep on trucking.
I have measured the resistance on a non firing platinum plug with a 6AL and guess what it didn't have any resistance---- It was an OPEN circuit. I know the connection evaporated. That has happened more than once or twice and I don't have time to keep changing plugs for free. Keep looking someday ya will see that too.

 

Just pointing out that an AC part # without the "R" doesn't necessarily mean the plug doesn't have a resistor LR. Why would you have a problem with that correction?

You obviously don't understand why the resistor is in the plug if you believe it is to keep the precious metals from "frying".

For RFI suppression... nothing more.

Yeah, I'm lucky... but I'd rather be lucky than good any day.

I'll let you have the last word though... you're the expert after all.

-Mindgame

 

If ya think "heavy" resistor in those plugs have anything to do with the weight of the plug,would mean ya got some research to do about plugs.

Naaaaaa I have said my piece.