<VV> Should I use solid copper spark plug wires?

[Bill Elliott]

Solid copper wires were once trhe best you could get. They supplied the most possible power to the plugs with the top reliability and least amount of 
loss.

They also put out significant amounts of RF... so much that they will disrupt not only your radio and electonics (like an Ignitor) but those around you as 
well.

For the street, you would never need more spark than a high quality set of wires combined with a well-maintained ignition system can provide. Get a 
good quality set of wires (like Seth's) and you'll never need any better wires.  (Just about the ultimate ignition setup for the street... when taking budget 
into account... would be an Ignitor II, a 40kV Flamethrower coil, quality cap and rotor (like from The Source), Seth's wires, and Bosch Super or NGK 
plugs.)

For the track? I hear various opinions... but I'd lean towards a hot ignition system (like a MSD, Safeguard, etc) combined with a set of Seth's (or similar) 
wires there as well.

Bill


>the subject pretty much is self explanatory. Our local club's master 
>mechanic swears by solid copper wires. I have normal resistance wires 
>in my two corvairs because that is what they had when I bought them. I 
>have seen claims that solid copper wires play absolute havoc with your 
>radio and can even set off explosives if you drive past a construction 
>site. I want as much spark as I can get to keep my engines running 
>smoothly. Should I use solid wires even though people say to keep them 
>off the road?
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