NEW PLUG WIRES AND BERBY COVER MOD
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churcott69
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all i can say is i love mine under 40ohms compaired to 800 stock and the looks. if you cant figure that one out your in trouble... bad ass wires for sure i have people look at my bike and all the money and mods i have done all i hear is look at them HOG wires
Looking good PhatAss!!
Interesting read regarding OHM's and spark plugs wires
In effect, (when new) a coated "low-resistance" spiral conductor's true performance is identical to that of a high-resistance carbon conductor.
In recent years, most ignition wire manufacturers, to temporarily improve their spiral conductor's suppression, have resorted to coating excessively spaced spiral windings, most of which are crudely wound around strands of fiberglass or Kevlar, with a heavy layer of high-resistance carbon impregnated conductive latex or silicone compound. This type of construction hides the conductive coating's high resistance when the overall conductor is measured with a test ohmmeter, which only measures the lower resistance of the sparse spirally wound wire (the path of least resistance) under the conductive coating and ignores the high resistance of the outermost conductive coating in which the spark energy actually travels. The conductive coating is rarely shown or mentioned in advertisement illustrations.
Could help explain the problem with the EHC?However, I have 2 problems. :bang::bang:
Again tach is all over the place and speedo is off while moving.
Shut the bike off, remove the coil cover again, remove the Twisted plug wires off and replace with the original plug wires.
Re-assemble everything again start the bike up and all is "normal". Tach is right on, speedometer is right on and all is well. Don't know what is happening with the Twisted plug wires so I call Crowe's and left a message for Mark. Waiting to hear what he says.
Hope no one else have this problem I experienced.
Update: Will be returning these for refund.
However, despite the shortcomings of "low-resistance" spiral conductor ignition wires, these wires work satisfactorily on older production vehicles and race vehicles that do not rely on electronic engine management systems, or use on-board electronics effected by EMI
Read more: http://forums.gmhightechperformance...eory-fact-or-fiction/index.html#ixzz1maHovPir
Read more: Spark plug wire resistance theory fact or fiction? Page1 - GM Forums at GM High-Tech Performance Magazine
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Dakota
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I installed the twisted wires a couple of weeks ago and was able to take a ride today. As Rally stated "The tach is reading much lower than the motor revs are at. The tach then starts to flash all the lights. After coming to a stop all the lights again begin to flash". I am having the same problem with the stock speedometer. Seems to be showing the correct speed and runnung fine but the tach is all over the place. I will be swapping them out.
Do you have the stock EHC?
2004BC
FREEDOM!!!
Put my red ones on today and everything worked fine. 2004 Ridgeback. Seems the only energy that could have changed is EMF, like in old AM radio cars if you install a high performance coil etc. You would think BD wiring and EHC would be properly grounded and sheilded cable used for electronic devices. Apparently this is not the case with some of the bikes. Proper grounding should eleiminate the affects of EMF interference.
Or just put the old wires back on BUT, they sure do look good!!!
Or just put the old wires back on BUT, they sure do look good!!!
Out of the couple guys who bought them without success, happen to have Red ones? I might be willing to buy a set if the price is right, hell I'll take a shot and someone can recoup their loses. Who knows I'll probably lose too!
bearman
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It sounds like this is another case of resistor wires versus non-resistor wires.
Used to you could tell the guys with Accel plug wires on their Hot-rod (car) when they were beside you at the red light because there would be static in your radio. The non-resistor plug wires cause radio wave interference. Our Govt. mandated resistor wires at some point (I think around late 70’s or early 80’s) to help control this radio interference. I know on a 80’s model Suzuki I had, the resistor was actually in the plug boot, and when it went bad, I was able to just replace the plug boots considerably cheaper than the coils and wires (the wires were made into the coil back then on that bike).
I’m just guessing, but maybe the stock wires with 700+ ohms resistance, are resister wires, and the Twisted ones are not. Easy way to fix this should be to just use a resistor spark plug with the Twisted wires, that’s what the Hot-rods used to do (if they had a radio). Just have to find the right thread and heat range and it’s all good. Only down side is that the resistor plugs are more expensive.
Used to you could tell the guys with Accel plug wires on their Hot-rod (car) when they were beside you at the red light because there would be static in your radio. The non-resistor plug wires cause radio wave interference. Our Govt. mandated resistor wires at some point (I think around late 70’s or early 80’s) to help control this radio interference. I know on a 80’s model Suzuki I had, the resistor was actually in the plug boot, and when it went bad, I was able to just replace the plug boots considerably cheaper than the coils and wires (the wires were made into the coil back then on that bike).
I’m just guessing, but maybe the stock wires with 700+ ohms resistance, are resister wires, and the Twisted ones are not. Easy way to fix this should be to just use a resistor spark plug with the Twisted wires, that’s what the Hot-rods used to do (if they had a radio). Just have to find the right thread and heat range and it’s all good. Only down side is that the resistor plugs are more expensive.
