Could you tell me what the part # is on those wires?
Jason
>Ok, I got my MSD 8.5 and champion spark plugs put in over the weekend.
>The MSD 6AL was fubarred, but I did put the blaster 3 coil on...why???
>Well, I put the plugs in at 0.060" which was recommended in the MSD
>instructions for engines less than 10.5:1 cr. I put the wires on. The
>MSD didn't work, so I said, damned if I am going to pull those plugs
>BACK OUT if I have to! Of course anyone who has changed theirs knows 2
>things. 1) They're tighter than the main bearing studs on Keith Black
>hemi. 2) No matter how hard you try, when they break loose you
>inevitebly cut yourself on something sharp. So I decided to go ahead
>and put the coil in, hoping that it would have enough juice to fire the
>plugs. About 100 miles on it since then, and it is running great.
>Major difference in idle and startup. Hopefully it won't take too long
>to get my MSD fixed. It's 5 years old and had sit up for a year. I
>think the battery cables in the Regal shorted out when we were
>disconnecting the dual batteries, and that's what did it in.
>
>Another thing...I am a true believer in the MSD 8.5 wires. I got
>excited and didn't do everyone of them, but I took my Fluke to them and
>ohmed the new ones and the factory ones! BIIIIIG FEAKING difference.
>Factory coil wire 10,800 ohms. MSD Coi wire 98 ohms. Number 8 wire
>(one of the shortest ones) factory 8,800 ohms. MSD #8 81 ohms! That's
>probably the difference there and probably the problem people have had
>putting in MSD or other ignitions. The factory wires SUCK.
>
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>
>Drew Schofield
>Visit my web page at http://www.angelfire.com/tn/page4drew
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