Pic request: Spark plug wire routing with AIR tube headers.
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Pic request: Spark plug wire routing with AIR tube headers.
As the title says, looking for pics of how you all routed spark plugs with aftermarket headers with AIR tube provisions. I'm not sure if I want to try and go over the valve covers or under the headers yet. EDIT: Maybe this would have been better in auto detailing and appearance, but eh, close enough.
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Re: Pic request: Spark plug wire routing with AIR tube headers.
Kinda depends on the particular headers, and what spaces they give you; but, I put mine underneath in the stock looms. (stock config wires with the mix of 90° & straight boots, Edelbrock TES at the time)
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Re: Pic request: Spark plug wire routing with AIR tube headers.
I went over the VC's with the SLP headers I have.
I made four, two-wire looms and screwed them into the holes in the cylinder head that are located between the outer and inner exhaust ports (did the same on the passenger side). I pop-riveted the wire looms to 90-degree angle brackets from the hardware store and fastened them to the cylinder heads with 1/4" bolts (IIRC they're 1/4"....might have been #10 machine screws
).

(I know...#1 and #3 wires are a bit long. I'd trim them back but I ran out of terminals)
It makes for a clean install; just the home made looms and loose wire separators.
This install may not work if your headers have one piece flanges.
Frankly, I think running the plug wires under the headers/manifolds still looks the best. But to do it the right way, you have to run wires 1-3 and 2-4 between the block and engine mounts.
I made four, two-wire looms and screwed them into the holes in the cylinder head that are located between the outer and inner exhaust ports (did the same on the passenger side). I pop-riveted the wire looms to 90-degree angle brackets from the hardware store and fastened them to the cylinder heads with 1/4" bolts (IIRC they're 1/4"....might have been #10 machine screws
).
(I know...#1 and #3 wires are a bit long. I'd trim them back but I ran out of terminals)
It makes for a clean install; just the home made looms and loose wire separators.
This install may not work if your headers have one piece flanges.
Frankly, I think running the plug wires under the headers/manifolds still looks the best. But to do it the right way, you have to run wires 1-3 and 2-4 between the block and engine mounts.
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