 upgraded ignition wire troubles, Bosch to Clewett |
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| zeezee |
 May 22 2009, 09:19 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 16-October 08 From: san ramon, ca Member No.: 9,651 Region Association: Northern California  |
I've had Bosch ignition wires for a year. And the car has always started and ran on first crank. I just upgraded the wires to Clewett spiral core. It seemed fine for a couple days. But now it's a real pain to start and keep running until warm (backfires and floods easily). Once warm - no problems.
Could there be a connection? Why did I upgrade? Because the Clewetts are yellow! +5 hp!! Actually, I have a MSD with rev limiter that never worked right because of RF interferance. The spiral core wires fixed most of the RF problems. MSD rev limiter works most of the time now. I'm considering going back to Bosch and or disconnecting the MSD. Edit: Sorry, not RFI but EMI |
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| zeezee |
May 27 2009, 12:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 16-October 08 From: san ramon, ca Member No.: 9,651 Region Association: Northern California |
I disconnected the MSD. It is acting "normal" now. Starts right up and same power as before.
I suspect that the previous Beru solid core wires were essentually disabiling the MSD with excess EMI. And when I replaced them with the spiral cores the MSD started "working" for the first time since I had the car. Maybe the MSD is not working properly. More testing is needed. |
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zeezee upgraded ignition wire troubles May 22 2009, 09:19 PM
Joe Ricard Are these the kind of wires with american connecto... May 23 2009, 09:50 AM
zeezee
Are these the kind of wires with american connect... May 23 2009, 10:29 AM Cap'n Krusty REAL men don't let other men use Bosch plug wi... May 23 2009, 10:50 AM zeezee
REAL men don't let other men use Bosch plug w... May 23 2009, 11:47 AM Kirmizi I seem to recall reading something in the MSD owne... May 27 2009, 01:08 PM |
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