phrogs

check these out

I thought these wires were for like big cube motors that needed some stronger spark
and this engine is stock bottom end?
I think this is some over kill??

Cdn Z06 Mike

Johnny, is there a link or picture missing?

phrogs

I had to fix the pic, it was huge

hopingToBuyZR1

you guys see the computer at the top of the picture ?
the zr-1 I just bought is missing the plastic cover that protects the wires that connect to it. do you know where I can buy something like this ? or maybe a GM part number so my mechanic can order one.

thanks

90 Corvette ZR-1

He spent the money on a samco air duct and let the motor get that nasty? I hope I don't offend anyone

DDSLT5

Those are for better noise suppression - only problem is that the ZR-1 didn't suffer from radio noise - essentially this grounded each plug to the engine for a sharper/hotter spark and suppressed some noise from the radio - or so I thought!

phrogs

well thats what they used on older engines like 69 for example, they also had the metal shielding as well.

but what would you need something like this on a LT5?

Oh and as for the nastyness of the motor the previous owner wasnt to concerned with apearance.

I wonder how much I could sell that hose for? it also has the lingenfelter script on it?? anytakers!

90 Corvette ZR-1

$5

TommyL

Johnny: Did you just aquire this Z?, What type of air filter housing is on it ?. Are you planing to Part it out or Daily Driving her? We need more pics!

phrogs

Yeah I just got this one, Im not sure what im going to do with her just yet..

Tyler Townsley

http://www.hopupracing.com/nohospplwich.html

matszr1

Is anyone actually useing these wires and are they worth the money? Seem a bit expensive for not being the origanal wires.

Jeffvette

Tyler Townsley

Used them for 75,000 out of 185,000 and they are still going strong. Worth the extra money? Who knows, I combined them with hotter coils of which at least one has gone bad.

Tyler

matszr1

Let me rephrase a little. Any noticable added HP or running better/smoother/cleaner?

Rkreigh

John Stewart recommended the Nology wires and the screamon deamon coils for his nitrous system.

when the cyl pressure increases significantly through either nitrous, turbo, ect... you need more spark energy to light off the mix.

on a stock car, I would go with the stock coils and wires as they work fine. the replacement wires don't have the fancy LT5 markings but it's the same wire. MSD I think makes a decent replacement wire too.

on a stock car, I doubt you would see much of a power increase but it would be interesting to dyno it and see. the stock stuff is pretty good and "lit is lit"

there are alot of claims about making more HP with fancy wires, plugs, coils, ect... but most of them are just that, claims.

I read somewhere the smartest thing about ignition systems. you can only lite the fire off completely. having an arc welder ignition doesn't make any more power, it just wears everything out faster. ignitions typically only "take away" power by not working well enough to lite the fire. once you have a spark hot enough to do that, anything more is unnecessary.

just my 02

cward

I had Nology wires and Screamin' Demon coils along with non-resistor plugs installed on #364. After this was done, I noticed a slight hesitation had been introduced. I spent much too long trying to figure it out as it was intermittent. Finally was going to replace everything and started with the plugs which instantly fixed the problem. Lesson is: always use resistor type plugs. Also, the Nology wires made it hard to put the car on a dyno as it would shield the pulse needed to run the dyno tach. I did not notice an increase in power but it was just one of the things that I decided probably wouldn't hurt and might help at high rpm.

Curtis

cward

You didn't offend me but would like to point out that some cars and engines that are not polished can still be well maintained and can run pretty good. :-)

Curtis (a person not noted for washing or waxing old #364) :-)

Jim78SA

Let me know how much you want for the Air Duct. Depending on $$, I may take it off your hands.

90 Corvette ZR-1

Oh I know that the outward appearance of the motor has nothing to do with how well it was taken care of mechanically. I happen to be one of the people who likes to make the car look as good as she runs.