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Subject: Re: [Mgs] Ignition wires
From: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:42:28 -0700
Silly mechanic. You'd know they were leaking if you saw the smoke escaping.


Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 8/19/11 9:47 AM, Barrie Robinson at barrie@look.ca wrote:

> You see the same gobbledegook with audio & TV.  Some people pay
> hundreds for those TV wires when cheap Walmart stuff is just as good
> - even coat hangers will do !!!  If one understands electricity then
> one should be alright.  My local "mechanic" told me that my ignition
> wires were "leaking" and I needed to spend $150 on new ones.  So I
> fired my MGB up in the dark and looked for sparks - not a one
> !!!!   No EMF either.  So I did not change my wires - even for much
> cheaper ones.
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:20 AM 8/19/2011, Richard Ewald wrote:
>> Go with the basic wires either new ones for the side load cap or get a top
>> loader with regular wires like Mark suggested.
>> There is no other area in the automotive aftermarket that has more Woooo in
>> it than ignition systems.  There are more snake oil salesmen in the ignition
>> business than you can shake a stick at.
>> Many times those performance increases they talk about are either only
>> measurable on a carefully calibrated dyno, or are non existent.  I have even
>> seen dyno tests where they new trick stuff decreased performance.  Gotta
>> love that.
>> Rick
>> 
>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:44 AM, mark lapierre
>> <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>> 
>>> Get the top load cap and a basic set of wires.  The performance increasefor
>>> the high price spread is very slim compared to the price paid.

> 
> Regards
> 
> Barrie
> barrie@look.ca
> 705-721-9060 
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