Re: Plug wires

["Matt and Stacy Sopher" <sopher@domain.elided>]

Back in my VW days, I was into the bug racing scene. I had a '68 that would
run 13.8 quarter mile times. It had a 1910 cc motor with an Engle 120 cam,
44 single Weber ICT carb, 009 dist, motor was all chromed, without an ounce
of emissions stuff on it. I had a "friend" in the smog testing shop who
would "overlook" my visual. It would pass the emissions part just fine. This
was in California too.
Matt Sopher
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1970 IH Scout 800A
Paint: white      "I USE CB CHANNEL 4"
304 V8 Stock
4" Suspension lift, custom    ICQ# 18862563
31X10.5 AT, thinking about 33 MT's
Mustang Seats
3-speed transmission
Prerunner shocks
Soon to have: Stereo, steering stabilizer shock, 2" body lift, "new" door
panels, roll bar,
Hi Lift jack,
Eventually have: power steering, front disc brakes, steering wheel, body and
paint done
Personal info: Age 28, married to Stacy, have two children, Gregory and
Jessica, reside in
Grand Junction, Co. Soon will be buying a Franchise " Dominos Pizza" as soon
as I can Come up with the down!  Enjoy the outdoors, avid hunter, and
partake in sports when I can.
Scouts are my life. But my family does come first.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris and Ranae Procyk <procyk19@domain.elided>
To: ihc_submit <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 7:08 AM
Subject: Plug wires


>Initially my Jeep with the 91 TBI Chevy wouldn't run right.  When I first
>got the engine some plug wires were missing.  I replaced them with generic
>(but listed for that particular HEI) wires.  Never did run right, so I went
>to the dealer and got the right ones.
>
>It got "the lowest emissions I've ever seen" according to the mech when I
>finally got it on the road and smogged.  Of course, it would fail visual
>because of two cats.  Stupid, stupid.
>
>But a few years later it had begun misfire some.  But it was only noticible
>when sitting at idle- you'd hear popping from one pipe, not the other.
>Seemed to run fine.  I'd replace spark plugs and it'd go away for a while.
>
>Finally it failed emissions.  They put it on the 'scope and immediately
>identified TWO (good ole GM quality) bad plug wires.
>
>The increase in power, economy, and smoothness was amazing.
>
>This whole little story is the major reason I strongly support as
>sophisticated an emissions test (dyno loading at highway rpm) as possible -
>
>1) I want the cost of something like dyno time to be amortized over a much
>greater segment of the population than just us gearheads <g>.
>2) I'm really not afraid of an emissions test- Like that 5%/1200PPM
>standard.. any vehicle that can't meet that is either not really streetable
>or isn't running for sh*t.
>
>...and just as strongly disagree with the stupid, stupid, indefensible
>visual test.
>
>PS:  we now have visual, but since I've been going to the same guys forever
>for inspection they let me slide.
>
>PPS: you can argue over the streetable part, if you like.  I met a guy with
>a former Florida pursuit 'Stang that runs mid-11's.  P'bly wouldn't pass
>emissions, due to it's pretty recent model year.  We have a 5000 mile/yr
>exemption, so he just takes that.  He could probably pass if he wanted to
>drop down to like, 13's.  If he was 19 he'd drive it everyday, but as an
>Adult he got tired of the firewall heat, the brutal clutch, and the mild
>whiplash you get in trying to crawl in traffic.  So almost all of the time
>he drives the Accord.
>
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