Ive got a d16y8 minime setup with the 2gen/4gen si dizzy and ngk spark plugs
Ive got some lifetime warranty 7mm wires from autozone that a guy gave me.
And im wanting to go to better wires. I found some 10.3 Obx's on ebay
and im wondering if its a good idea.

If i would get any gains. what might i expect.

 

Spark plug wires will not give you any power gains.

 

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What about the plug wires that some of the Japanese companies sell that have the grounding straps on each plug wire, they show dyno gains of like 2-3hp.

Whats up with that.

 

Personally I think it is all hype but that is just my opinion. Plus don't those wires cost $$$$????

 

In a word....NO.

 

Stay with NGK or MSD IMO...

 

OEM Honda (NGK) are the best, IMO.

 

OEM wires are the best really? I was always told Mangacore were the best wires out.

 

oem honda wires, msd, magnecore, or if you can get your hands on any "maad jdm wires"

 

every OEM honda spark plug wire i've looked at has SUMITOMO on it and sometimes even the year they were made. I always hear NGK is oem but is SUMITOMO and NGK the same thing?

 

it might take out your dizzy fast, my friend had some 10.5mm on and his dizzy went out withing a year, not sure if it will but just a thought

 

Stick with stock spark plug wires. I have a MR2 (in addition to my Hondas) and all the guys running 500+ horsepower on our cars have stock wires. Some guy did a test once and found the stock wires were superior in both dyno and resistance testing.

There are a few parts on my car I would never use any thing but OEM (spark plug wires, gaskets [unless Cometic maybe], plugs [not spark plugs], seals, etc).

 

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true

 

I just went from stock 7mm's to the OBX 10.3's. I didn't feel any difference. Glad I got them for free

 

i hear of alot of people saying to use 8mm ngks
would that be better over the 10.3mm or is it still best to use 7mm
I got these ngk spark plugs and i want them to have the best spark.
When i said gains i didnt mean straight horespower, i meant over things as well, like gas mileage, and acceleration or torque.

Now i swear, i use to go to this racing shop and they had this current machine to show the difference in spark power between stock and aftermarket spark plug wires and it supposedly wasnt a trick cause you could switch the wires and spark plugs and still get the same effect. But anyway i think they were 9.3mm wires and they had a big blue clean looking electric current/arch amd the stock wires had a nasty dark small arch.

So are you guys says that less current is going to be better for your car

 

all we're saying is that if oem wires are in GOOD condition, anything thicker will just cause too much drain on the distrobuter and blow it out, but its got good spark already.