Upgraded HT leads

[nyk]

Judging from past experiences uprated HT leads are only any use on high boost turbo applications in conjunction with colder plugs to maintain spark as high boost pressures. On standard plugs and leads it has been known to blow the spark out.
For that reason a higher current needs to travel down the HT leads to the plugs to give a brighter more powerful spark.

On an NA car never really noticed any difference, car manufacturers usually put plug leads on a car that will last 50K miles or above.

Magnicor's life time guarantee is good but if they ever fail they have to be sent off for testing, leaving your car not running until they decifer the problem. In which time you'd buy a new set or put the standard ones back on anyways.

[clowo16v]

They're needed in n/a cars too. If you run high compression ratios then you need a more powerful spark to ingnite it so need an uprated coil and leads.

Matt

[kj16v]

I got the kv85 leads as they came part of a ignition package from bb tuning for £100 and you got the leads, dizzy, rotor arm and good ngk plugs.
Didnt notice any gain but for the price of tha package you cant moan.

Yes you can moan! arm: £5, cap: £10, leads: £15-ish, plugs: £25

Total = £55

You = OWNED!!

I worked out a while back that BB adds 100% profit on everything they sell

[BenR]

Judging from past experiences uprated HT leads are only any use on high boost turbo applications in conjunction with colder plugs to maintain spark as high boost pressures. On standard plugs and leads it has been known to blow the spark out.
For that reason a higher current needs to travel down the HT leads to the plugs to give a brighter more powerful spark.

On an NA car never really noticed any difference, car manufacturers usually put plug leads on a car that will last 50K miles or above.

Magnicor's life time guarantee is good but if they ever fail they have to be sent off for testing, leaving your car not running until they decifer the problem. In which time you'd buy a new set or put the standard ones back on anyways.

Strange you should say that.

A YB turbo was on the dynocell earlier in the year, specced to make 450bhp the builder said.

No matter what they did they were 150bhp short.......and i mean every sensor, loom, coils, Ecu etc etc.

Some random walks in and says 'you'll want those magnecores off'.........swap them for stock vauxhall XE leads.....boof, 150bhp by swapping leads to 'inferior' ones.

[clowo16v]

Thats weird. How big were the magnecor leads compared to the xe ones?

Matt

[arj256]

I got the kv85 leads as they came part of a ignition package from bb tuning for £100 and you got the leads, dizzy, rotor arm and good ngk plugs.
Didnt notice any gain but for the price of tha package you cant moan.

Yes you can moan! arm: £5, cap: £10, leads: £15-ish, plugs: £25

Total = £55

You = OWNED!!

I worked out a while back that BB adds 100% profit on everything they sell

Never seen leads that cheap gsf are £38..

[BenR]

they were the honking 10mm ones.

But even the 7mm ones should be better than stock leads if they do what they are meant to do.......or so the adverts say.

[BristolSam16v]

Hmmm £16.45 for a low-temp thermostat from bbpt and £14.10 for a low temp fan switch oh and then... £9.40??? for shipping...

Not rip-off merchants at all ;)

[clowo16v]

Wonder what the problem was then unless they were a duff set.

Matt

[BenR]

Its happened before...........hence why the random knew about it.