spark plug wires

[PlayStation3]

hi, i was wonderig has anybody tried these spark plug wire's before

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...6+4294864973+0

they are a little more but i don't mind the difference

[Cat Fuzz]

Those look like a bunch of crap to me.

Nology HotWires ignition wire sets feature extremely technologically advanced wires that create an undeniably powerful spark.

Spark plug wires do not "create spark". Thats the job of the coil.

They're engineered with a special built-in capacitor, exclusive to HotWires. This allows energy from the ignition coil to accumulate in the capacitor until the voltage at the spark plug electrodes reaches the ionization point.

The spark is nearly instantaneous. There is not enough time for a capacitor to charge and discharge without effecting the ignition timing of the engine.

At that split second, the entire power of the stored spark is discharged at once,

The entire power of the spark is always discharged at once, in every system.

Originally Posted by Some BS site

creating a spark 300 times more powerful.

Ok, lets see. If a Saturn ignition system produces 45,000 volts to the spark plugs (not sure if thats the number but it should be close) then this product claims to boost that to 13,500,000 volts (13million volts). I'm not sure but that sounds close to a bolt of lightening.

I would suggest you not even consider, for a second, spending that kind of money on these wires. If you want to throw money away, i'll provide you with my address and you can send it to me. These wires will do nothing to make your car faster except make your wallet lighter.

[sierrap615]

i am not as doubtful as catfuzz on this but for the price, i'm not going to try them( and i've heard they cause a lot of RFI)

[PlayStation3]

what about the Nology CoolWires Ignition Wires

[Cat Fuzz]

No fancy spark plug wires are any better than a decent set of OEM wires unless you have a high energy ignition system which would require thicker insulation. Even in HEI applications, 8mm wires are more than adaquate. If you want pretty, then go ahead and pay the money but don't expect performance gains on a stock ignition system.

[drew300]

my stock wires are fine.
Catfuzz, electricity isn't instantaneous, but we are only talking of a few microseconds, so you're mostly right.
I've read about using a second spark gap to help old style (50's) ignoition systems. Maybe thats the "capacitor" in these wires. A bad plug could leak-off the energy before it could build to enough to spark, so by having a second gap, the energy built up enough to jump both gaps. But no- one has needed this in last few decades.
But I agree, spend the money else-where.