Sounds like another sales pitch!
-----Original Message-----
From: Kabuki2@aol.com <Kabuki2@aol.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: any gains in electrical mods ?
><< I try to find a higher
>quality replacement then OEM. (ie: MSD wires versus stock.) >>
>
>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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