[Jakey]

Well to add to this thread a little bit, I found this statement to be quite interesting:

NOTE: 8.5mm is the optimum thickness. It retains all the spark energy. Wires thicker than 8.5mm slow down spark travel because they introduce too much capacitive loading (the electrical equivalent of inertia).

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