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10-25-2023, 04:46 PM | #1 |
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Recomended spark plug wires
What spark plug wires do you recomended to eliminate radio interference?
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10-25-2023, 05:33 PM | #2 |
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Re: Recomended spark plug wires
I think any modern performance set would do that. I know when I switched from a common supplied set to the DC FOMOCO branded ones that’s when I had troubles with my radio. It was an Aurora digital conversion and it would skip songs in rapid fire play mode like a machine gun. They couldn’t find out what the problem was. But we finally added condensers everywhere and the problem was eliminated. That’s what you get for trying to go factory correct.
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10-25-2023, 05:50 PM | #3 |
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Re: Recomended spark plug wires
The car is a 50 Ford Custom . It looks to me like it has the original type wires. They are hard and have no boot on the plug end. What I'm saying I'm pretty sure they need changed.
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10-25-2023, 06:02 PM | #4 |
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Original looks nice in my opinion . At some point around this time they switched to a water proof ignition and had the rubber boot on the plugs.
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10-25-2023, 07:43 PM | #5 |
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Re: Recomended spark plug wires
Brillman Company has original type wires
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10-25-2023, 10:47 PM | #6 |
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10-26-2023, 12:26 AM | #7 |
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Re: Recomended spark plug wires
"What spark plug wires do you recomended to eliminate radio interference"
Any copper core wire can create radio interference. The late, great 'Rumbleseat', in one of his many posts, recommended tying a knot and pulling it as tight as possible in the HT lead betwix coil and distributor, to eliminate this interference.
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10-26-2023, 08:50 AM | #8 |
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I second Brillman Company.
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10-26-2023, 01:56 PM | #9 |
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I third the Brillman company. Get their catalog.
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10-26-2023, 02:10 PM | #10 |
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I would also recommend Brillman. I don't like suppression wires in general on an "old car", and use Packard 440 (there's nothin' worth listening to on AM radio anyway). However. on my '51, replacing just the secondary coil lead with a short piece of suppression wire eliminated the noise.
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10-26-2023, 07:33 PM | #11 | |
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Ditto I had problems making reliable distributor and spark plug connections with spiral wound wire. When I pitched the Pertronix, I replaced all with Packard 440 and Raja plug connectors. It interfered badly with the AM/FM radio and the SiriusXM I hid in there. As Tubman noted above, a 1 ft spiral wound piece from the coil to the distributor completely solved the problem. BTW, the Pertronix worked fine on my 12V car; no complaints. I just would rather have something I can fix if ignition gives problems on the road. So, far, so good on points, but I carry a spare distributor and coil in the trunk. No need for spare condenser, because I use one of Tubman's cans. |
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10-26-2023, 08:22 PM | #12 | |
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I have to wonder, though; if you are running a Pertronix, why do you need one of my condensers? I thank you for the kind words, but I am a bit confused. |
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10-26-2023, 09:12 PM | #13 | |
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Original poster, please clarify. |
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10-27-2023, 12:02 PM | #14 |
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I bought a set of suppression wires before reading the later messages. I can take them back as they are still in the box. Guess I'll replace the dist to coil wire and see if that solves the radio noise.
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11-02-2023, 03:07 PM | #15 |
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Re: Recomended spark plug wires
Brillman for another nod
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