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Oh and I forgot- I don't have FI- I'm in the UK and that was just an option here for the rich people ;-) Thanks for the advice though. Mark Seaton '73 Fasty, London ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shad Laws" <shad@lnengineering.com> > Hello- > > You have a '73... I should caution you... copper plug leads + electronic > fuel injection = bad idea. Copper leads make a lot of noise! It'll also > dirty up your radio stations. > > Also, I don't think that nice stereo speaker wire you spoke of was designed > to keep 40,000V signals isolated, either. Audio systems operate quite a bit > below this range (well, except for high-end electrostatic speaker systems, > but even then the 25,000V+ signals usually originate and end in the speaker > itself - no cable transmission). It likely won't help with your spark > plugs. > > Why don't you just get suppressed leads? There's absolutely nothing wrong > with them. You won't get a performance gain by going to a straight copper > wire. The company you are talking to, Magnacor, makes some excellent > suppressed leads - just get some from them. > > Take care, > Shad Laws > LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance > http://www.lnengineering.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Seaton" <Markse@mo-sys.com> > To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:58 AM > Subject: [T3] Ignition Leads (was Problems) > > > > I finally found a price for that fancy Van den Hul cable- about 50dollars > a > > metre!?! and they go on about it being suitable for ordinary cars! Well it > > is silver plated ;-) > > > > Believe me it is very difficult to get hold off plain wire here in the > > UK.Anyway I finally struck a bit more lucky with Magnecor. Their UK branch > > was very helpful and they sell a good quality plain black coloured 7mm > > copper lead with silicon outer jacket for 66p (1dollar) per foot aimed > > mostly at old cars and industrial use. Worth a try I think. > > > > Mark Seaton > > '73 Fasty, London > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > > > > > > >