Question about ignition wires

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Yakov
Canada
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Question about ignition wires

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Does it make a difference as to what kind of ignition wires to use for the plugs and coil to distributor?
I ask this because my original wires and the replacements I got from HaflingerTechnik have next to zero resistance, while modern ignition wires have comparatively high resistance. When I ran with modern wires, I had some trouble with the ignition, and I was always changing plugs. Then again, I never tried brand new wires, just ones I had lying around. So maybe my experience isn't conclusive.

What sort of plug wires do you guys use? Theoretically, should the resistance of the wires make any difference?
1972 Steyr-Puch Haflinger
1984 VW\Bombardier Iltis
Heinkeljb
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Re: Question about ignition wires

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One with low resistance (copper cored) require radio suppressed caps, unless you want radio whine. Modern HT cables are high resistance already (radio suppressed) so don't need special caps.

See post on Haflinger.com

John
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