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Re: Spark plug wires--Very short lifespan
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 2/25/2009

um, a coil will never "put out more voltage" than it takes to jump a spark plug gap. Melted electrodes are caused by pre-ignition. Pre-ignition is caused by- plug too hot of a heat range excessive timing lean fuel mixture excessive compression (carbon build up... Login to read more.