phil_far
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| posted on 3/9/06 at 05:49 AM |
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Longer HT Coil leads for my Fireblade
From where can I purchase a set of long HT coil leads for my Fierblade locost?
Still wiating for my firts drive 
Regards
Philip
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mark chandler
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| posted on 3/9/06 at 09:08 AM |
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Make them !
Buy some 8mm copper cored HT wire from a motor factors, sold by the metre then recover the ends from you existing short leads and reuse.
The coil packs simple unscrew and pull out, retained by a rubber 'O' ring, the plug ends unscrew.
Regards Mark
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andy d (rizla)
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| posted on 3/9/06 at 09:34 AM |
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just buy the individual leads (carbon) from halfords or other parts store cut the ends of and just screw them on
this will give you better plug kv and much more reliability and supresion
 
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the_fbi
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| posted on 3/9/06 at 10:22 AM |
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Andy: You got enough clearance under your airfilter before the ram pipes?
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phil_far
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| posted on 3/9/06 at 03:51 PM |
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Do you mean that I can use a normal car HT leads and replace the spark plug ends with the ones I have?
Regards
Philip
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andy d (rizla)
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| posted on 3/9/06 at 11:15 PM |
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 exactly,they are far supirior than copper and easier to get
ps yes enough clearence
[Edited on 3/9/06 by andy d (rizla)]
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phil_far
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| posted on 4/9/06 at 05:01 PM |
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Thanks that sounds simple enough. Any particular car/make/model that I should look out for?
Philip
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andy d (rizla)
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| posted on 4/9/06 at 05:40 PM |
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they sell them single so i just meassured the distance of my longest reach and bought 4 of them
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Hellfire
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| posted on 4/9/06 at 05:43 PM |
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Don't buy 8mm lead whatever you do, you won't be able to get the ends on. At least we couldn't when we bought 8mm. Make sure you get
some the same diameter as the ones you're replacing. 7mm IIRC.
Phil
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andy d (rizla)
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| posted on 4/9/06 at 05:57 PM |
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8mm leads fitted in pic above,piss easy to fit even after i was told by others it wont work,proof is it does
just bared back about 6mm of carbon,folded it back on itself and screwed on,job done
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amalyos
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| posted on 4/9/06 at 08:05 PM |
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Andy,
Nice to hear from you again,
have you got the car back 
Steve.
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andy d (rizla)
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| posted on 4/9/06 at 09:01 PM |
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no, to busy kart racing with number 1 son,just pop in now and again to answer the odd question that i can help with
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Hellfire
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| posted on 5/9/06 at 11:44 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by andy d (rizla)
8mm leads fitted in pic above,piss easy to fit even after i was told by others it wont work,proof is it does
just bared back about 6mm of carbon,folded it back on itself and screwed on,job done
Some high performance leads are fully bonded and can't be separated and folded back on itself and therefore will not fit the 7mm fittings.
Phil
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G.Man
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| posted on 5/9/06 at 02:01 PM |
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That type you can carve a taper with a stanley knife and fit thru...
Opinions are like backsides..
Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 5/9/06 at 05:31 PM |
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The point I'm trying to make is that if you buy the correct diameter leads in the first place, you don't have to bodge them to make them
fit. 
Phil
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G.Man
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| posted on 5/9/06 at 06:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
The point I'm trying to make is that if you buy the correct diameter leads in the first place, you don't have to bodge them to make them
fit.
Phil
I completely understood that, but you cant always get the right diameter leads ready to hand, and the 8mm leads when forced into the caps can give a
better seal post bodge...
We used them on the bikes to help with wet weather shorting...
you would be amazed how water tight they are in the coil caps... saves epoxying them in like yamaha do..
Opinions are like backsides..
Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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