Absolute best lead/sock/extender solution?

Absolute best lead/sock/extender solution?

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phazed

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21,844 posts

205 months

Sunday 2nd June 2019
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Help me out here.

I am on my third set of decent leads and now I have noticed the top of a couple of rubber boots are splitting at the top.

I am running a set of standard extenders to bring the leads up, a set of Magnacor HT leads and a set of unknown, ('cause I can't remember) socks.

I tie the leads back as much as possible to pull them from the manifolds but as you can see, they run very close.

Unfortunately being a large capacity engine, it does give off a huge amount of heat!

What is the best solution? I'm not up for saving money, just need the best fix!




phazed

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21,844 posts

205 months

Sunday 2nd June 2019
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Thanks guys. This gives me a few ideas to investigate.

I believe I paid over £100 for the Magnacor leads plus socks, (of dubious quality I reckon now) and so it is disappointing. From memory I had problems with the previous Magnacor set on my previous chim.

Any other ideas, please post up. They have not failed as in, shorting out or engine missing but I need to be on top of this. The engine really does produce a huge amount of heat!

phazed

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21,844 posts

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Sunday 2nd June 2019
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True. I think I may have used them earlier on this engine but I will have a look later. If I used them on this engine then I did possibly without socks and then they were fked!

phazed

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21,844 posts

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Sunday 2nd June 2019
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I’m not going for less power!

phazed

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Sunday 2nd June 2019
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They’re wrapped as well!

phazed

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Saturday 8th June 2019
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I think a lot of my problem is that I have cheap socks.

I will speak to you on Monday Simon and you can advise me where you got yours from.

phazed

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205 months

Thursday 13th June 2019
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I spoke to Tim at ACT yesterday as I have their big for manifolds.

It seems to make matters worse a new sets of manifolds run slightly closer to the plug line.

I told him I was using Magnacore leads and the problem I had. He kindly called Magnacort UK direct to a guy he knows there who suggested I send leads to him and they will fit a set of high temperature plug leads ends to the leads which when used with extenders which I do use should solve the problem.

I will also order a known better make of sock and hopefully with the two together I’ll solve the problem!

phazed

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21,844 posts

205 months

Thursday 13th June 2019
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mk1fan said:
Ceramic coating would help too. Plenty of time to get it sorted as you wimped out of Snetterton biglaugh
Not sure if I can face taking the manifolds off at this time!