Topic: Plug wires, accel supresion core.. will these work?

[gtyler5]

I got a set of universal Accel super stock wires kit # 3011 they were on sale and I did not look into it too much. I wanted to replace the wires on my '76 750. After looking at the wires, it seems the radio supression core is not a copper core, guess I am not keeping up with technology. Will these still work with the stock coils and plug boots?...
thanks for anyone's help,
Gt

[TwoTired]

Will these still work with the stock coils and plug boots?

Depends on what you define "work" to be.
Can you still get a spark at the plugs?  Probably.
Can you solder to the Accell wires core conductor?  I don't know. I expect probably not.
Will the overall ignition resistance be higher than it should?  yes.
Can you jam square pegs into a round hole?  Yes, if you are determined enough.

Cheers,

[Bodi]

You could try measuring the resistance of the approximate length needed for the plug wires. Honda put on 10K caps I think, so if the wire resistance is around 10K and you use non-resistor caps and plugs you will be pretty much the same resistance as original. I use 5K caps and metal wire with no problem, metal wire and non-resistor caps work OK too I've heard. I've had high full throttle - high RPM missing when running resistor plugs with 10K caps, so I wouldn't recommend going much over 10K per wire.
You can't solder to the graphite saturated string/fiberglass core of suppression wires.

[gtyler5]

I am just going to return them and look for some copper core "racing" wires. I am behind the times and thought most wires had a copper core and just had diffrent insulators...... Another lesson learned   

[Steve F]

Go with the DYNA solid copper wires.  You can get them from Z-1 Enterprises.  Price is reasonable.  But....if you have the stock coils, you might have a problem getting the wires to mate-up with the coils.  I have the DYNA coils, so it wasn't an issue.