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spike4073
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hows this for strange?

Post by spike4073 » 29 Sep 2011 01:09 pm

i replaced my ht leads with a set from halfords..... after 20 min or so of driving the car cot very lumpy and kept stalling out...... thinking the new leads were faulty i bought another set from my local spares shop..... same problem...... i put the origonal old copper set back in and it ran smooth again???..... it would appear that my car dosent like carbon leads?

i dont get it... i thought carbon leads were supposed to be better??

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Re: hows this for strange?

Post by Ride_on » 29 Sep 2011 03:57 pm

Depends what 'better' means.

More fuel economy?
More power?

In either case I'd say it was unlikley, why carbon would be better I do not know, it is less conductive that copper (perhaps less radio interference due to the resistance). My best guess is that carbon is cheaper than copper, I have been replacing copper cable with CCS (copper cladded steel) in scarts and RF cable accessories (on my companies products) for a few years now due raw copper price increases.

If your spark is already marginal you may find the increased resistance is too much. Would it be a 1.7 by any chance? --Oily disty.
1980 345 DL_______1987 360 GLE (project car restored to GLT spec and B230FT'd)
1984 360 GLT______1987 360 GLT
1983 360 GLS______1989 360 GLE
1985 340 GL_______1986 340 1.4
1985 360 GLS______1995 940 SE 2.3 Turbo Estate (daily)
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Re: hows this for strange?

Post by Chris-m » 19 Nov 2015 07:14 pm

Jerotuhy wrote:I have tried in earnest on your guard.
Hows this for strange :lol:

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Re: hows this for strange?

Post by 360beast » 20 Nov 2015 08:04 am

Chris-m wrote:
Jerotuhy wrote:I have tried in earnest on your guard.
Hows this for strange :lol:
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