Re: [Amc-list] whew arcy sparky

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Not sure it's worth chasing down the perfect set of wires with the 7mm limits your looking for.
Since it leaked under the boot and I think that's hwat yer sayin.
  I'd just get a nice looking set of parts store wires and plan on swappin them out every few years.
  I'm on the third set in the 98 Altima.
Same kind of problem.
About every 30-40k it will start to get a light miss.
second time around it set a code for miss on one cylinder, forget which one.
Change the wires and check the plugs and it's fine again.


--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Jim Blair wrote:
> > Now if you could find some of the Splitfire plugs, I bet you'd fell
> > the difference in the seat of the pants! I was surprised when I put
> > Splitfire plugs in my '86 Comanche 4 cyl that I got no extra power,
> > so I read up on them to find out that the real boost comes running
> > them with the wires and a higher output coil.
> 
> Yeah, that makes sense! All plugs end up as "split fire" when they're 
> used long enough! The spark eats the center of the ground electrode 
> leaving a fork!
> 
> But the coil (and switching it eg. dump the points) is the key, but if 
> the HV leaks off due to crap wires (ahem...) it's a waste, and might 
> even run worse -- leakage and arcover in my case.
> 
> I have a Pertronix epoxy coil higher output than stock, and parts store 
> blue 6mm wires. Those were fine for two years, but I think they're 
> drying out or soaking up oil or whatever.
> 
> Yeah, after cleaning the coil tower with carb cleaner last night it ran 
> perfectly again. The hint was, I could HEAR the arcover, but could not 
> see it until night. It was 3/8" wide, and a dull purple glow. Not a thin 
> sharp  spark track like I was looking for.
> 
> There is some corona around the plugs in their recesses, so the wires 
> have gone crap. I sprayed them, will last long enough for the new set to 
> come in.
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