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Re: [TR] Resistor Plug Wires

To: John Mitchell <jmitch@snet.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Resistor Plug Wires
From: Doug Mathews <mathews@uga.edu>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:26:38 -0500
john,

Here's and artocle from Popular Mechanics on resitance in spark wires.

http://tinyurl.com/qlt84

Doug


At 08:22 AM 3/19/2006, you wrote:
>    I was going though old sets of spark plug wires from my TR6 and 
> was looking at the resistor ratings.  I have some that are just 
> copper core with 0 resistance, some of the older repro sets from 
> TRF that say 16K but measure out at more like 4K.  I also have a 
> NOS set of Ripaults that say 15K and measure exactly that, and 
> another repro set from an unknown source that says 25k Ohms.  I 
> cant find what should be correct for my 76.  I've used the copper 
> core set(0 ohm) with no noticable radio interference.  Would this 
> be the best set for performance or does it really make any 
> difference.   Thanks for any insights.  John Mitchell
>76 TR6


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