Spark Plug Wire/Header Issues - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

big_al_71 · 03-28-2009, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 72step

I have those plugs. Matter of fact I just installed them as part of this tuneup I just gave the truck. New plug wires too and the darn header discolored the plug wire a bit where it was touching. Not too bad I only ran it a mile. How do you have your plug wires routed?

Here is a pict i have in my office computer hope it helps if not I could take one tonight when I get home.

72step · 03-28-2009, 01:46 PM

Wow, that's some setup you got there! Nice! I see where your problem got solved by the short plugs. My problem is not the actual plug wire boot, but the actual wire going between the header tubes. I need to get under there and play around with it to see if I can find a better way to route them. My wires are supposed to be under header wires so maybe I can tuck the one wire somehow closer to the block. I'll have to see. There's so many possible problems one can run into with headers and wires.

**El Jay** · 03-28-2009, 02:32 PM

Mine's not pretty like Al's, but here is how I routed my plug wires. I'm also running Accel shorty plugs.
There's a couple of plugs that I have to get from underneath the truck with a combination wrench. Since I figured that out, changing plugs is no longer a problem.

Musclerodz · 03-28-2009, 06:16 PM

Pay the money and get aset of Taylor wires. I have had them rest on headers and not melt them

**americanmusc1e** · 03-28-2009, 06:26 PM

I'm running flowtech headers and summit racing 8mm wire without shorty plugs and I've never had a problem

03-28-2009, 01:46 PM	#2
72step Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: chimayo, nm, usa Posts: 898	Re: Spark Plug Wire/Header Issues Wow, that's some setup you got there! Nice! I see where your problem got solved by the short plugs. My problem is not the actual plug wire boot, but the actual wire going between the header tubes. I need to get under there and play around with it to see if I can find a better way to route them. My wires are supposed to be under header wires so maybe I can tuck the one wire somehow closer to the block. I'll have to see. There's so many possible problems one can run into with headers and wires.

03-28-2009, 02:32 PM	#3
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Spark Plug Wire/Header Issues Mine's not pretty like Al's, but here is how I routed my plug wires. I'm also running Accel shorty plugs. There's a couple of plugs that I have to get from underneath the truck with a combination wrench. Since I figured that out, changing plugs is no longer a problem. Attached Images __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck

03-28-2009, 06:16 PM	#4
Musclerodz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 2,364	Re: Spark Plug Wire/Header Issues Pay the money and get aset of Taylor wires. I have had them rest on headers and not melt them __________________ Mike Redpath

03-28-2009, 06:26 PM	#5
americanmusc1e Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,079	Re: Spark Plug Wire/Header Issues I'm running flowtech headers and summit racing 8mm wire without shorty plugs and I've never had a problem __________________ -- Josh Instagram: @americanmusc1e OLD SKOOL-- 1970 C10. 454/Th400/3.07 posi Build Thread FARM TRUCK----1949 Chevrolet 3800 Power Wagon Hauler Build Thread 1999 4wd OBS Tahoe - daily. DM me if you can't see photos i posted



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