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The problem of the ignition wires getting burned
and nobody selling anything but 90 degree spark plug ends, here is one way to
solve it. But some of the best plug wires in the business, which aren't
cheap and will still melt on a header like any other plug wire does. This
company makes custom length wires for any length and car and will install the
spark plug cover wire in any angle you want: 45, 70, 90 degrees, and they
will also sell you an individual wire for $60 each. I found the ad and I'm
going to give you all a link to these plug wires. They were $160 a set
made up with ignition wire too and a very thick wires with burnproof shilds
around them.
Before anyone writes "How come if they are so
burnproof that you burned them? All Mopar "B" bodies are tight with 2"
headers. My new Edelbrock heads have angled spark plugs in them.
They want to lay on the header or you have to force the boot on in between the
plug and the wire. If you can bend the wire far enough away you can get a
little gap in there. That's all it takes not to burn a wire in my
experience. Touching will burn except if your use asbestes roll around the
header. Sometimes if you find just the right small spark plug you can cure
the problem with that. But some headers with any head, if it causes a
problem with only one cylinder, the engines don't run right.
After I got my new heads and hadn't used my wires
yet, I sent them back and told them how much to trim off and what kinds of new
ends to put on them and they did. It wasn't for free but very
reasonable. I also got two spares at $60 each in case I burn the
other ones up if one of my tiedown ( a teeny, tiny leetle one) breaks, I've got
a burnt wire again.
Davis Unified Ignitions (aka D.U.I.) There was the
problem with the search. A few years ago you search on D.U.I. and it was
always the first one up. Now it is down the list so many pages I got a tip
when someone in a MOPAR chat room mentioned Davis Unified Ignigtions and then I
remembered what to search on to find it.
D.U.I. also makes a very small battery that
cranks like a big one and only weighs about 12 lbs. It was about
$120 and even when it went dead from my can's brakelights sticking and me not
noticing it, the little battery which was completely dead, rejuvinated
itself. When I put a commercial battery charger on that battery six months
later, it had a perfect charge of electricty in it. It is sealed and has
jell in it instead of water. My motor is low compression but it takes a
lot of weight off the nose, I notice no more difference than in a big, heavy HD
battery in performance, and kt rejuvinates itself. Definately not the
thing to put in a MOPAR resto. The little bat on the battery would get you
DQed if nothing did. But its cheap, works very well, takes weight off the
nose and hooks to any type of battery terminal you order for it. You might
have to drill a few holes in your old battery pan and leave it in and make a
hold down, but if you ever put the "right" kind of battery back in you won't
even see the little holes you have to drill.
I'm not pushing anything. Just telling you
what I used and how it worked and what it might do for you or anyone else.
I'll set the link for the page about the wires,
then I'll have a link for wires for your car, then batteries for your car, and
anyone can navigate to the home page and look and have a see. Made in
America and 100% good on their warranties even if you are a few days over but
didn't install it for a few months after you got itl. Easy to do business
with. They will bend over backwards to please a customer as long as
you are polite to them.
Here's link one, the wire and a few other parts
general page
Here's link two, specific to your car or click on
the Dodge/Chrysler icon at the end of the wire page (don't forget, there is more
stuff on that page under that link).
Do get some very fine billit plug wire
separators. They come in two, three, and four hole separators. I
like them and consider them the best in the business. You might find
something you might like better for cheaper, but these are so nice they would be
a bargain (almost) at twice the price.They are on the first
link. Here's link two: http://www.performancedistributors.com/livewire.htm
Herr's a third link. It goes to the dyna-bat
batteries. They stil have them for $119.00. Mystify your
friends! How can that tiny battery crank so much and hold its power better
than most HD batteries? It works, just let them think you are smart
because you know something they don't know. LOL!
Always go clear to the bottom of the page if you
take a look at anything. They sell more things, I just told you about the
things I got off of them except for the giant distributor which wouldn't fit
under the hood of my '62 Dodge and they took it back when they didn't have to as
it was still brand-new. Got a Mallory Billit Distributor instead but kept
the wires. You can see the wires in some of the pics I have sent about my
engine in previous emails.
Stephen "Chick" Andrachek
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