I think every Stovebolter wants to get the most out of our little 6 cylinder engines! Not necessarily trying to make them fast, or faster...just trying to get them to be dependable and trouble free. Dress'um up a little and add our own personal touch to these "gems in the rough".
I've been tinkering with a pass. side sparkplug wire loom....3/8 tubing....running the 7mm wires through the loom to clean up the "look". I'd removed the ends from a set of relatively new carbon core wires, but found they were still just too short. I needed some longer wires and I used to use the solid core prior to all the "electronics" stuff.
None from Az or Adv..."nobody uses solid core anymore!" So it was off to NAPA.....who had it in the bulk...12' plus the ends....$8.00 plus change!!!!
Finished up the loom, plugged in the new wires and off to our Wednesday night truck gathering.
Right away I noticed a different tone to my tired ole 56-235 exhaust. Crisper!!! Hummm, had to set the idle down a bit...amazing, smoother, and quicker.
Is there a point to my story? Instead of replacing your carbon core with more carbon core, you might try making up a set, using the steel core. Of course, an HEI and steel core wires don't mix or if have a radio you will have RFI interference. But if you get your jollies listening to a split exhaust sing through a couple cherry bombs, running a set of solid steel core wires might just be your cup of tea!
Dave
