Anybody use these cloth covered spark plug wires from Vintage Parts USA?? How are they? click the link http://files.vintagepartsusa.com/img/product/branded/600/19729.jpg
they fade in the sun and crack easily when used in looms. At least the ones ive seen have and from a different vendor but im sure same product.
I sent them an email a month ago asking what type of wires they were, but got no reply. "High Performance Wire" and "Modern Technology" isn't a very good description as to what the hell these wires actually are.
From what I have researched, those wires are NOT the same as ones from everyone else. These are the only ones I have seen that are cloth covered but are silicone suppression wires so they will work with electronic ignitions without causing RF noise related problems.
I do not recommend them from the mentioned company. Other than that I will keep my opinion of the aforementioned company to myself.
At the time I did an article on plug wires last year, theirs were solid-cores, just like the majority on the market. This info was p***ed on to them, however, I cannot say whether the current offering is the same or not (judging from the screen shot, they are). I do know someone who's got a set on his hoodless roadster--the faded cloth prompted a further inspection, and while the appearance had no impact other than cosmetics (constant exposure to the CA sun has that affect), after peeling a rubber boot back, it was determined that they were of non-suppressed copper strand construction. Perfectly fine for points, but a gamble for many newer electronic systems.
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