Spark Plug Wires. Important, yet un-sexy. There’s not many technical articles about spark plug wires, and for years we’ve been relegated to finding whatever information that was out there in the form of advertisements from manufacturers or on the back of the spark plug wire box. We’re going to suppress the interference and get down to the truth about plug wires: whether you’re picking a set of wires for your daily driver, pimped out ghetto cruiser or balls-out race car, you’ll want to get the right info… and you’ve found the right place.
Electronics & EFI
In the olden days, making sure that your engine was running smoothly required having a trained ear, a great feel for the car behind the wheel, or alternatively, paying someone to take a look at your car. All too often, a lot of horsepower was left on the table or just blown out the exhaust.
Back in the day, it was not uncommon to see someone tuning his or her car by ear — the act of tuning or jetting your vehicle and adjusting timing until it sounds just right. Clearly this wasn’t an exact science. Fortunately, aftermarket companies sell kits designed to aid you in tuning your vehicle that use technology with a little more of an exact measuring stick by which to compare readings. Innovate is a company that does that – and it’s bringing a new measure of affordability to the table with the LM2 Basic.
Mallory’s Circle Track Ignition System Really Fires My Rockets
by Bobby Kimbrough
on February 24, 2010
I stink at wiring. No, it’s true and I can admit it. My wiring sucks. That’s part of the reason that I love the dirt track cars so much. There is very little wiring there to deal with. Especially in my Modified. That makes it perfect for me because I can’t handle more than two wires – one black and one red, and only if the terminals match those two colors! The guys at Mallory must have known that I was electronically challenged because they came up with a fool proof circle track ignition system for our race cars.
