plug wires too close to manifolds/ypipe?
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Car: 1984 camaro z28
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plug wires too close to manifolds/ypipe?
i was underneath the car trying to get at the spark plugs on the drivers side and i noticed the plug wires were awfully close, just about touching both the manifold and one was hitting where the y pipe starts...i know those areas get pretty hot, will this turn into a problem in anyones opinion? im hoping as long as the wires arent touching theyll be fine, but its better to be safe than sorry. thanks for any help.
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Car: 1984 camaro z28
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Re: plug wires too close to manifolds/ypipe?
yeah, i hope i have enough slack to move them, i wonder where they normally go stock...i know that doesnt necessarily matter, ill take a look to see if i have a better placement option. is a couple inches enough distance away to protect the wires?
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Re: plug wires too close to manifolds/ypipe?
i think one would be hard pressed to find a better routing for the wires than what the GM manual specifies. if you dont have headers ,that is.1357 goes under the manifold where 2468 goes over the manifold. also the factory wireset has two straight ends with the rest being 90 deg.the two straight ones go to cyls #2&4. i hope this helps
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Car: 1984 camaro z28
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Re: plug wires too close to manifolds/ypipe?
i think one would be hard pressed to find a better routing for the wires than what the GM manual specifies. if you dont have headers ,that is.1357 goes under the manifold where 2468 goes over the manifold. also the factory wireset has two straight ends with the rest being 90 deg.the two straight ones go to cyls #2&4. i hope this helps
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Re: plug wires too close to manifolds/ypipe?
i was underneath the car trying to get at the spark plugs on the drivers side and i noticed the plug wires were awfully close, just about touching both the manifold and one was hitting where the y pipe starts...i know those areas get pretty hot, will this turn into a problem in anyones opinion? im hoping as long as the wires arent touching theyll be fine, but its better to be safe than sorry. thanks for any help.
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Re: plug wires too close to manifolds/ypipe?
good idea. its just nice to have the car runnin again..i wanna be super careful with everything because im not really down with another 4 mos of the car sitting in the driveway.
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