Rip VW
Active Member
What is everybody using for spark plug wires these days. Do they still make a silicone resistor wire plug wire. I was looking at wires and it seems everyone is making wires with a percentage of silicone and spiral wound conductor. I used to use Mr. Gasket silicone wires and they were great around headers. the downside was they were solid core copper wire and were lousy with electronics. The electronics in my distributor require I use a resistor / Suppression wire. I learned that the hard way, wondering why a vehicle with electronic ignition and solid wires ran like crap with misfires pops and generally lousy. Resistor wires worked fine. I hate to buy a set of wires only to have them melt by the headers or cause EMI to the electronics. Oh, what about the spark plug boots any special boots available to help with burning wires? I have seen people use fire sleeving over the plug boots, but they look kind of tacky IMHO.