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Mark Lewis

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I have a 1983 AQ125A and I bou

I have a 1983 AQ125A and I bought a new set of plug wires today that require a small amount of putting together(7mm silicone). The wires that were on it looked like maybe a solid core setup with soldered end. Ohmmeter was showing about 1500 ohms so I figured new wires couldn't hurt.Nevertheless after building my new wires I moved on to the coil wire. The existing coil wire had these handy dandy ends that unscrewed from the wire itself using a little corkscrew thingy. So to doublecheck the connection since I couldn't actually see it I read it with the meter when I was done. I showed about 1000 ohms resistance which puzzled me and upon further inspection down inside the boot on the connecting point it was stamped 1k ohms. What gives? I thought the less resistance the better. Can I just make a new coil wire with my kit without having that 1000 ohm choke on my coil wire? I'm confused...help me out please.
 
"So if I don't reuse those

"So if I don't reuse those connectors and just build a coil wire with my kit without the resistance, what ,if any problems will I encounter? I guess my big question is am I going to harm my engine? And if I do use the resistance connections am I going to lose any kind of performance(out of my whopping 110hp engine)?"
 
"Also, pardon my ignorance but

"Also, pardon my ignorance but what kind of radio frequency are you talking about? Like ship to shore type frequencies...UHF VHF FM stuff like that? Because none of those matter to me since I'm kind of interested more in better efficiency from my engine. Thanks"
 
Sorry about the multiple posts

Sorry about the multiple posts but it was actually more like 2000 ohms total( 1k each end).
 
"It is illegal for your igniti

"It is illegal for your ignition system to put out radio frequency interference - even more so on a boat where people's lives could depend on clear radio transmission. The resistance in solid conductors is usually built in to the end connector - usually the plug cap. Old plug leads used to be made of either carbon coated string which gave the resistance or coiled resistance wire. The resistance will make no difference whatsoever on your performance, don't forget that the spark has to jump two air gaps before it ignites your fuel, one in the distributor cap and one at the spark plug - these both offer a massive resistance and the plug wire resistance falls into insignificance

Bill"
 
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