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Hi all...
I did some resistance measurements on my cap and wires this morning. It seems that there may be too much resistance in the system. In Vizard's book, he says "the best spark intensity seems to be produced when there is 5k to 6k ohms in the system." I assume he means from between the coil and the plug..?
In my "system," I get 25k to 30k ohms. The center brush electrode in the cap to the screw that attaches the coil wire alone reads over 10k. Is there some sort of built-in resistance in some caps? Or are all caps like that? Because that would be more than Vizard recommends right there. Or...is that just the nature of the center electrode plus spring, and should not be counted?
And maybe this is another reason the car was so carboned up when I got it. And to add (or subtract) fuel to the fire, the guy had resistor plugs in there too...
So maybe I should try straight copper wires..?
Thanks in advance for any lessons offered to this neophyte on the subject of plug wires...
-michael
I did some resistance measurements on my cap and wires this morning. It seems that there may be too much resistance in the system. In Vizard's book, he says "the best spark intensity seems to be produced when there is 5k to 6k ohms in the system." I assume he means from between the coil and the plug..?
In my "system," I get 25k to 30k ohms. The center brush electrode in the cap to the screw that attaches the coil wire alone reads over 10k. Is there some sort of built-in resistance in some caps? Or are all caps like that? Because that would be more than Vizard recommends right there. Or...is that just the nature of the center electrode plus spring, and should not be counted?
And maybe this is another reason the car was so carboned up when I got it. And to add (or subtract) fuel to the fire, the guy had resistor plugs in there too...
So maybe I should try straight copper wires..?
Thanks in advance for any lessons offered to this neophyte on the subject of plug wires...
-michael