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Just an interesting paragraph or two I pulled from the Magnecor web site ..
"LOW-RESISTANCE" SPIRAL WIRES
By far the most popular conductor used in ignition wires destined for race and
performance street engines are spiral conductors (a.k.a. mag, pro, super,
spiral, monel, heli, energy, ferro, twin core etc.). Spiral conductors are
constructed by winding fine wire around a core. Almost all manufacturers use
constructions which reduce production costs in an endeavor to offer ignition
component marketers and mass-merchandisers cheaper prices than those of their
competitors.
In the USA in particular, most marketers of performance parts selling their
products through mass-merchandisers and speed shops include a variety of very
effective high-output ignition systems together with a branded not-so-
effective ignition wire line using a spiral conductor. Most perpetually try to
out-do their competitors by offering spiral conductor ignition wires with the
lowest electrical resistance. Some publish results which show their wires are
superior to a competitor's wires which use identical cable (on which another
brand name is printed). The published "low" resistance (per foot) is measured
with a test ohmmeter's 1 volt direct current (DC) passing through the entire
length of the fine wire used for the spiral conductor.
"Low-resistance" conductors are an easy sell, as most people associate all
ignition wire conductors with original equipment and replacement ignition wire
carbon conductors (which progressively fail as a result of microscopic carbon
granules burning away and thus reducing the spark energy to the spark plugs)
and with solid wire zero-resistance conductors that were used by racers with
no need for suppression. Consumers are easily led into believing that if a
spiral conductor's resistance is almost zero, its performance must be similar
to that of a solid metal conductor all race cars once used. HOWEVER, NOTHING
IS FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH!
.... more at http://www.magnecore.com
ttyl
Patrick
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