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Old 04-07-2007, 10:09 PM   #1
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Wires and Looms-

hey fellas, im looking for some opinions on spark plug wires and looms. im running heddman headers, and the #5 plug wire keeps getting burnt on the header. a part of that is the crap looms that were on there now. im just looking for some opinions on looms or even a better way to keep this from happening. thanks alot. _matt
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Old 04-07-2007, 10:23 PM   #2
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Re: Wires and Looms-

I'm also running headman (elite) headers,These are the looms I just Installed. So far they are working great,gets the wires out of the way.Hope the pics helps!!!



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Old 04-07-2007, 11:00 PM   #3
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hey fellas, im looking for some opinions on spark plug wires and looms. im running heddman headers, and the #5 plug wire keeps getting burnt on the header. a part of that is the crap looms that were on there now. im just looking for some opinions on looms or even a better way to keep this from happening. thanks alot. _matt
Sounds too familiar. Does your #1 pipe run over and behind the #5 pipe? My Hedmans do the same. I must have burned 3 wires/boots before I finally got something to work.

I purchased an MSD high-temp boot like this (http://www.msdignition.com/wire_4.htm). I then covered the wire with a heat protection sleeve that slide over the wire. I then covered the boot and wire with a fiberglass boot protector like this (http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku).

I just ordered a set of new shorty headers from ECE that should eliminate my boot/wire problems this year (I hope).

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Old 04-07-2007, 11:06 PM   #4
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Sounds too familiar. Does your #1 pipe run over and behind the #5 pipe? My Hedmans do the same. I must have burned 3 wires/boots before I finally got something to work. Mark
Thats what my problem is. The number 1 pipe leaves very little to play with as far as wires. I would love to figure out a way to run the wires under the headers, but ill have to see about that.
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Old 04-08-2007, 11:21 AM   #5
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Re: Wires and Looms-

There is one other thing you can try (if you haven't already). Header spark plugs because they are shorter, it will give you a little more room for the boot and wire.
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Old 04-08-2007, 11:32 AM   #6
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how about some pictures of center bolt wire loom options too
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