Re: [Chrysler300] Heni Plug Wires

["John" <john@xxxxxxxxx>]

To add to Roger's comments here.  I'm also a BMW guy and have been since 1965 which is longer than most in America knew anything about their cars.  That is a different story and not for this post.  What I can tell you that over the years I've owned ten of them and currently two, one of their famous in line 6 cylinder and a blistering fast M5 V8.  BMW's in line 6 wire set up is very much like the Hemi with the long ends so they would be ideal for such an application.  As Roger pointed out they are 6 cylinder and us Hemi guys need 8 of them.  

There are three different Bosch numbers for the  BMW 6 series and pricing ranges between $76 to $84 on a wholesale level.  Should anyone wish to go this way contact me privately and I can supply such.

Recently our '55 Imperial Newport 331 Hemi was in need of wires.  Taylor Wires listed a set for the 426 generation Hemi and that is what was purchased and installed and they worked out well.  Remember the those second generation have the same plug type ends.  Cost for the set is around $100 and I believe can be purchased through your local speed shop or Summit Racing.

John Lazenby
Royze Inc.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Roger Schaaf 
  To: mgoodknight@xxxxxxxx 
  Cc: pennsy300@xxxxxxx ; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 1:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Heni Plug Wires


    
  I've posted this before, but will do so again for those who may not have seen my posting:

  In the past I owned several different BMW 633's and M-635's. One time I had purchased a brand new set of plug wiring for one of them.

  One day I decided to change the plug wires in our 300 B because of several broken bakelite shields. Found that replacement wires were expensive and had been also told that most were junk.

  I took a look at those that I had for my BMW 6 series cars and found that they looked as though they had been made for the 300. However of much higher quality(especially the insulators). I took the 6 of them that I had (BMW 6 series are 6 cylinders) and replaced the B's plug wires with those for the BMW. Even the lengths are almost perfect. I did end up retaining a couple of the 300 wires that still appeared ok.

  Have been in use for many years and function absolutely perfectly,,,in fact I suspect much better than the stock 300 wires.

  I do not know current availability of these wires from BMW,,,,likely available.

  Roger Schaaf
  300 B, Calyfornua
  On Apr 12, 2011, at 12:42 PM, mgoodknight@xxxxxxxx wrote:

  > My brother bought some from Atlas Obsolete Parts. They sell through ebay. His were not great wires and wwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy overpriced. I bought a set from them also before I knew of his result. The ones I got were of good quality, but also overpriced. Both sets included plastic plug boots instead of the original ceramic style. I don't think that's a problem, but I prefer the more original construction. I needed still another set so I elected to build my own, since I already had an acceptable set of ceramic boots. I bought a 25ft roll of good 7mm wire at an auto flea market and all of the wire terminals I needed to make them complete. At each end of each wire when attaching the terminals I applied a quantity of 2-part epoxy (similar to JB WELD) to secure them better and I'm very pleased with the result.
  > I strongly recommend against Atlas -- have had other problems with them too.
  > Marshall Goodknight, c300 and 2 exta engines
  > 
  > ---------- Original Message ----------
  > From: pennsy300@xxxxxxx
  > To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > Subject: [Chrysler300] Heni Plug Wires
  > Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:33:52 -0400 (EDT)
  > 
  > 
  > This is Terry McTaggart ion Dayton OH. Anybody out there with recent 
  > experience in spark plug wires for a hemi? Andy Bernbaum? A lot of the stuff 
  > out there is too thick to pass thru the bakelite insulators.
  > 
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