Which distributor, coil, and spark plug wires should I use?

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Old May 4th, 2012, 11:29 PM
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Question Which distributor, coil, and spark plug wires should I use?

I have a '66 330 cid and I wanted some insight on which distributor, coil, and spark plug wires you guys would prefer.. I was looking at Mallory for all 3 as a possible choice, what do you guys think?

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Old May 5th, 2012, 04:11 AM
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It really doesn't matter. Stock AC Delco is fine.

You will gain no performance advantage from fancy "hot rod" wires in a stock motor, so, unless you like to spend money, stock is fine.

Also, in my opinion, brightly colored wires look silly.

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Old May 5th, 2012, 05:49 AM
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Yeah, what Eric said.
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Old May 6th, 2012, 08:12 PM
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Thanks for you comments guys!
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Old May 7th, 2012, 06:19 AM
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Believe it or not the stock stuff works great! Buy quality parts! To answer your question, the Mallory stuff is very good.
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Originally Posted by MDchanic
Also, in my opinion, brightly colored wires look silly.

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Get quality parts. I have a stock distributor with a Crane XRi electronic conversion. I am happy with it if you don't want to mess around with points. I am also running E3 spark plugs. I swapped them from A/C. I don't feel any difference power wise but it does seem to idle a little smother.
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Old May 8th, 2012, 11:05 AM
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alright.. over time I will most likely buy Mallory but thats when I rebuild the engine and I sure dont need to any time soon

thank you all for the help! much appreciated
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