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Old 06-12-2004   #16
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I guess then when your wires are old and the resistance in them is very high, your engine shouldn't studder (misfiring) under boost. According to you, a spark is a spark.

Why do you think people are running higher energy ignitions with built engines? They need a better spark. Stock just doesn't cut it when you're looking to make big power.

I put lower resistance wires because A. they were about the same price (a few dollars more) as stock and B. I needed new wires and C. Yes I was under the impression, back then, that it would make more power but I knew I would get better mileage out of them also. Right now I can easily pull 25mpg combined city and highway driving (with quite a bit of spirited romps on the way into work and back home). If it's only highway driving, I have got as high as 29.1 mpg. Like I posted before, obviously when you take away as much restriction as possible, your engine will run more efficiently. Even when I had brand new stock wires before, I could barely pull 21 mpg (city and highway combined).
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