From my experience I wouldn't run the spark plug wires along side each other for much distance or you will have an induced current causing a misfire.
Kurt
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From my experience I wouldn't run the spark plug wires along side each other for much distance or you will have an induced current causing a misfire.
Kurt
Nuther Q?: should I leave all the spark plug wires the same length?
or can they be cut to make a better looking wire loom? - they are 8MM.
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any decent preformed set of plug wires has at least 4 different lengths among the 8 wires, if not having all 8 of them their own length.
you make a plug wire long enough to reach #8 and you're going to have to waste all kinds of wire coiling up the slack when you wire #1. you're also likely to have issues with capacitive crossfire such as kcombs is describing.
I wouldn't run the spark plug wires along side each other for much distance
that's what the wire looms are for. to maintain a minimal air gap between the wires and reduce the capacitive coupling.
Back to my Q?; I watched the guys on Muscle Car make a sparkplug wire loom using
the plastic tieties - I guess the wires were about 1/2" apart. The plug wire holder on the top of the valve cover also puts the wires 1/4"-1/2" apart.
My Q? was less about induction, more about the length; After looking at some high $ end wire sets, they are cut in different lengths.... Now I'll look for some stats on induction.