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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 11:10 PM
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http://www.mr2.com/TEXT/DavidKucharczyk/ignition.html



something i found interesting
Old Mar 5, 2004 | 11:27 PM
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http://www.magnecor.com/magnecor1/truth.htm
Old Mar 6, 2004 | 09:49 AM
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Yah, Magnecor is pretty adamant about the "low resistance" wires. Before I read that I bought some MSD 'low resistance' wires. I wasn't there when they first went on, but the guys told me they could see arcing all around them.
Old Mar 10, 2004 | 10:15 AM
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um i got Magnecor R100s...what good are they then?



oh well they were free.
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 01:41 PM
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I had Magnecor 10mm wires for 4 years with no problems ever. I don't expect plug wires to give me $200 worth of performance, so I bought $60 ones that were as thick as orange extension cords.
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 02:54 PM
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Don't beleive all the hype. I've used Magnecore and they lasted a week before they shorted from arching and blew out my distributor on my CRX. Maybe there more powerful but the didn't seal well. As far as the grounding ones, I haven't seen any real proof even though FEED sells them as well. The best comparison I saw had these in order of best to worst: Jacops, MSD, Taylor, ECCEL, NGK and stock (that's all they tested together).



I'm currently using MSD on my CRX (tight as a virgin) and VITEK on my RX7 (only because of heat sleeving).
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 02:59 PM
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jacob wires suck..... i used to have them, they actually melted, the metal part that attatches to the coil, and so did the silicone surrounding it on 2 of the 4 wires
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by GoRacer' date='Mar 12 2004, 12:54 PM
Don't beleive all the hype. I've used Magnecore and they lasted a week before they shorted from arching and blew out my distributor on my CRX. Maybe there more powerful but the didn't seal well. As far as the grounding ones, I haven't seen any real proof even though FEED sells them as well. The best comparison I saw had these in order of best to worst: Jacops, MSD, Taylor, ECCEL, NGK and stock (that's all they tested together).



I'm currently using MSD on my CRX (tight as a virgin) and VITEK on my RX7 (only because of heat sleeving).
Whoops, I meant Moroso. Please substitute MSD with Moroso.



That sucks about the Jacops, maybe these tests need to be carspecific? I know my VITEK aren't as good a seal as Moroso but the heat sleaving keeps it from melting.
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