i found some spark plug wires from TRIPLE CORE (on ebay) that are 10.2mm for my 96 240. are they any good? i heard somewhere that if you dont have enough mods on your car you shouldnt buy real big wires. i have injen intakew/ k&n filter, and hks catback.what do you think. thanks.

 

you really don't need a 10.2

You're car doesn't need that great of spark especially if you're not running turbo or NOS.

 

yeah really... i'd say 8mm is almost overkill.. just get some NGK's or something.

 

NGK works really good and its not overkill its just right

 

Hey I know this thread's REALLY old, but I have a question. I am about to buy new plugs and wires. I was looking at magecor's wires and they have 8.5mm and 10mm. You guys say both are like overkill. Is there any downside to that other than spending money on something bigger than you need? Will it negatively affect performance being so big is waht I'm asking. I'm going with the 8.5's and I just wanted to know if there's a drawback to too big. Thanks.

 

about those 'triple core' wires, i vaguely remember hearing something bad about those. i wouldnt use them anyway.
i have a the magnecor 8.5mm wires and they work great. i really dont see the need to go for the 10mm. i could've opted for OEM or NGK wires, but i figured it wouldnt hurt to get some magnecors.

 

one of the shops around here told me that the bigger you go, the more juice it'll take from other electrical components in your car. You'll definitely notice it when you turn on your radio and it's not as loud as before your 10mm wire install.

 

the funny thing about spark plug wires is that 99.9% of them have the same amount of resistance no matter what the size of the wire is... if i remember right ( highschool autoshop 3) spark plug wires were 75 ohms/foot resistance... it was either that or 50 ohms/foot... they have been made out of the same material fot years... and there has not been much change in the material since they switched to silicone wires instead of cloth...getting huge wires anything over 8mm would seem to be a waiste of money...beings how they still have the same amount of resistance per foot...

case in point... look at serious drag racing cars... they dont have 10.5 mm wires... even nascar uses 8 mm wires... i used to have a set of plug wires off of a bob gliddon pro stock nhra drag car and they were the same taylor 8mm wires i used on my ford mustang... unless there have been major advances in spark plug wires or they have changed the resistance in the 10.5 mm wires i dont see where they would do any better than a set of 8 mm wires...

besides have you ever tried to find clamps for 10.5 mm spark plug wires??? i had a hard enough time finding them for my accell wires as it was...

 

Magnecor race wires are on special for $42.00 at horsepowerfreaks.com use promo code MM1005. Bought to order me a set.

 

glad I can get my NGK's for SOHC for $14 and $25 for the DOHC

 

so whatever diameter you get doesnt really matter? Even if the car is turbo, the larger wires wont have a big affect?

 

none what so ever. but this is where u bump up the ignition, like an MSD 6al or 7al then you notice the spark increase.
I have the MSD 6AL and its perfect for the 240sx