Racing Beat Ignition Wires

Apr 21, 2006 | 09:02 PM

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Racing Beat Ignition Wires

I just installed a set of racing beat ingition wires. I'm not a car expert so I thought I was going to have trouble. But for the most part everything went fine and the car started with no issues. Now it seems to be idling a lot better.

However I do have one concern. The part of the wire that covers the spark plug didn't cover it 100%. There seems to be a little gap of about 2mm between the end of the wire and spark plug mount. Do any of you experts out there think this will be a problem? The guy at racing beat said if it started it should be a concern. I'm just looking for a second point of view.

Apr 22, 2006 | 03:42 AM

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Apr 23, 2006 | 10:28 AM

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So is it normal to have a small amount of the white part of the spark plug exposed? I mean I pushed the wires as much as I could to the base of the plug. But there is still a little white of the plug exposed. So you are saying this will not hurt the plug?

Apr 23, 2006 | 11:31 AM

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yes showing some plug is ok, as long as the wires is connected to the plugs

Apr 23, 2006 | 11:44 AM

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I checked mine, looks like your fine.

Apr 23, 2006 | 12:04 PM

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Thanks for the input.

Apr 24, 2006 | 05:14 PM

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It's like that on purpose. You wouldn't want the boot to contact the metal part because it would be subject to a lot more heat.

Apr 25, 2006 | 08:34 AM

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Interesting - can anyone 2nd samyv2's opinion the car idles smoother?

Aug 14, 2006 | 09:18 AM

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How hard is it to reach the wires and swap them out? Any recommendations on how to do this? From the top or do I have to go underneith the car?

Aug 14, 2006 | 09:57 AM

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From the top or do I have to go underneith the car?

I had no problems reaching from the top.

I replaced my stock wires with magnecor instead of RB's.

I didn't really notice any difference between the wires. I'll give you a snippet from magnecor's website:

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Electrical devices, including SPARK PLUGS, use only the electrical energy necessary to perform the function for which such devices are designed. IGNITION WIRES are nothing other than conductors, and whereas an ignition wire's inefficient or failing conductor or insulating jacket (particularly a jacket inside grounded metal shielding) can reduce the flow of electricity to the spark plug, an ignition wire that allegedly generates an "increase" in spark energy will have no effect on the spark jumping across the spark plug gap, as the energy consumed at the spark plug gap won't be any more than what is needed to jump the gap (e.g. a 25 watt light bulb won't use any more energy or produce any more light if it's screwed into a socket wired to supply current to a 100,000 watt light bulb).

and my favorite, added boldness for emphasis:

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Unlike its competitors, some of whom have chosen to market "low-resistance" imitations of Magnecor Race Wires, Magnecor does not make any claim that their current KV85 Competition (8.5mm) and R-100 Racing (10mm) Race Wires have "low-resistance" conductors, nor do the conductors need "low-resistance" for any practical reason. Magnecor does not claim its Race Wires increase horsepower, and any horsepower gained by the use of Magnecor Race Wires results entirely from the ability of the wires to maintain full conductance and suppress EMI that previously robbed the engine of horsepower.

And ->here's<- a really good write-up

Aug 14, 2006 | 08:20 PM

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I had no problems reaching from the top.

Unless someone has really small arms getting to the plugs is a bitch from the top. Think of trying to touch the bottom side of the engine by reaching down through there and you get the idea. Taking out the dipstick give you a bit more room. It's also a pain to get the end on the coils off unless you remove the resonator on the air hose and disconnect the maf from the REVi (not a big deal). That made things a bit easier. I also disconnected the battery for safety.

Then there were all the first time concerns like pulling to hard and breaking the coils, etc., but it's done.

It does amaze me how little of the plug end actually makes the connection!! I was a little freaked doing a test drive that they were going to come off. I did have a few plug wires frozen up on the coil end and the cap for the coil came off, that was easy to put back on though after practically prying the plug wire off of it.

All in all it does look kinda nice with the red ultra RB wires and the car did run pretty smooth, at least as smooth as normal if not more so after a bit of driving. Since I did connect the battery it's hard to tell if there is any difference though.

Mar 5, 2007 | 09:53 PM

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debating between RB wires or OEM wires..... any more thoughts on the RB's?

Mar 5, 2007 | 11:58 PM

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wow,

you are bumping dead threads from hell tonight..

i have the rb ones. the work just like the stock ones...

have you priced the oem wires?? not a hard choice.

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