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Hey, One problem i had when i put a sports dash in my esky was, The new cable i ran off the Coil Negative was arcing behind the tacho, wich resulted in MAD missfiring and absolutly no power. Make sure that cable is only touching the right terminal behind the dash. Also with the 8mm leads. I got some from Repco (8mm silicone) they only lasted me 3 months. The heat from the exhaust manifold broke down the silicone causing them to split and have very weak spark. Wich resulted in me having the same problem your having. Check your leads for any cracks. Don

yep keen. where we goin to cruise to? piha?

OMG that fuel cap is awesome. realy suits it!

Ok thank you for the help.

Same off to ripco now.

yes obvious i know. but i wasnt 100% sure if it ment colder as in can withstand more heat or hotter to handle more heat. any way doest matter. I've hijacked Petes thread.

Yea i read that awhile ago. very intresting article. Ok so forgive my ignorance. But if my plugs are over heating should i go to a colder plug or a hotter plug?

shot jason. sounds like shes leaning out. ill have a play. shes not to advanced only alil past the timing marks. yer pete ngk plug and some new 8mm leads should do the job. maybe get a msd blaster coil?

Thanks will do that. carby probly needs a tune up too, was on my 1300

So you think if i get colder plugs it should sus the problem?

yea wich my plugs have. Problem to worry about?

Lol I know it sounds wierd. In my heyns (i think thats how u spell it) manual it has a page with pictures of plugs and what they look like with different problems. and acording to it my plugs are overheating...

Hm tru. just noticed that my plugs look kind of shiny wich means they must be overheating. would getting a colder plug help this? ps im running quite abit advance on 98octane

I am looking at renewing my leads and plugs to. Im running an Luminition electronic ignition. Whats the +'s and -'s of running cold/hot?

this should be in tech talk.

my eskys been running like crap pretty much since ive done the 2l convertion. but today i bought new leads ( old ones where cracked) thought that was the problem. running a lil better but not quite right. then i was having a look at my coil and unpluged a resistor/condenser that was on the negative. it was on a metal strap on the coil mounting on the body. now she runs WAY better. wich is wierd cause on the coil it says use with resistor? not 100% sure if its a ballistor coil or not, now im worried im goin to fry my coil if it is a 6v without that resistor/condenser/balistor thing pluged in....? thanx Don

yea could u gime a link or something? ive got a 1600 head just havnt found enough info on porting/valves/skimming to do to it..

some good advise there rt. i was thinking about doin this myself but after weighing up all the effort, is it even worth it? what kinda of increas are we looking at after just smoothing off the bits you mentioned??

Fark dude that mk2 is sooo tidy! and u got it for 1.1g!!! this is my dream car atm. awesome example dude. post up some more pix and shiz once u got it!

yep. was fun last year.

super low kingies do a good job.. even if you didnt want to lower it. get standard hight kings they will be abit stiffer.

yea the one piece ones are mint. the 2 piece ones ive had bad luck with.

yea when u bolt up the uni joint it comes back a bit. the single piece drive shaft off an auto mk1 works 2. much better and less vibration.

um it stuck out about an inch.

yea the cross member from an Auto escort box