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Date:         Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:59:21 -0600
Reply-To:     Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
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From:         Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
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>> >>You missed the point of my post. The WR7DTC is the same as the W7DTC, >>just in a resistor version. > > Odd...you actually wrote the following: > >>>The W7DTC isn't a resistor >>>plug. It'll work no better than the WR7DTC, but may cause radio >>>interference. > > And my response was that the implication was unwarranted due to > the nature of the sparkplug and coil wires being "radio interference > suppressed". > > What did I miss?

You're supposed to use suppresed plugs with the suppressed wires. I think this has to due with impedance matching, but I couldn't swear to it. In reality, most (all?) modern vehicles specify resistor wires, and resistor plugs.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net


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