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2k/ft is GM specs for HEI.... its plently comprable for carrying a good spark.... but less resistance is definately better....

Alrite, thanks guys for the info. Ill go pick up a reader tomorrow at sears. Will a 30 dollar tester be fine ?

as long as its got all the basic functions... then yeah... a $30 DVOM should be plenty

So I picked up the "digital multimeter" and if I did it all correct it jumped all over and seemed to varie greatly depending on the surface I grounded too. But my final readings were around 25.XX and my beginning readings were around .2XX .

I also regapped my spark plugs. They were at .45 and now are at .40. Im not sure where they are supposed to be but that seemed to help alot as now its actually firing when it turns over.

Using my remote starter I turned it over and adjusted the distributer both ways and though it helped here and there it never started up.

Any suggestions on gapping the plugs and what are the guidelines for gapping?

Well after comparing plugs I found that the split fires I was using were garbage so I traded them in for some platinums I had laying around and it started rite up!

Sorry guys for the hastle. Thanks for your help and patience.

no problem...... btw with that reading with the multimeter... for taking a resistance check... you select ohms and plug the pin in the ohms plug... and then you check the resistance between one side of a wire to the next.... tells you how much resistance there is, which lets you know how much current it would require to overcome the resistance....

[QUOTE]Originally posted by NTFDAY
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Originally posted by thesals
i'd guess the accel parts... check the resistance in the wires... should be around 2k per foot....

2k per foot is unacceptable, should be less than 500 ohms.

The last set of Taylor's I checked where down around 350 to 360 ohms depeding on the length.

Originally posted by thesals
no problem...... btw with that reading with the multimeter... for taking a resistance check... you select ohms and plug the pin in the ohms plug... and then you check the resistance between one side of a wire to the next.... tells you how much resistance there is, which lets you know how much current it would require to overcome the resistance....

Well I guess that would explain the crazt readings

Originally posted by erik erikson
The last set of Taylor's I checked where down around 350 to 360 ohms depeding on the length.

Taylor have some pretty sick wires. They make the 10mm's rite?

Originally posted by nystreetscene
Well after comparing plugs I found that the split fires I was using were garbage so I traded them in for some platinums I had laying around and it started rite up!

Sorry guys for the hastle. Thanks for your help and patience.

Cool, glad you got it worked out. Hopefully other people will learn from your experience too.

On the plug gap, most HEI I've seen want .045"

I plan on regapping them to 45 as I did notice that the chiltons I have recomends 45 for just about every 350 made since the beginning. it runs for now and I have a ton of other stuff to do so between that and getting around my headers being a pain in the but im going to save it for last.

I checked the resistance to one of the medium length plug wires and I got between 150 and 200. Does this sound accurate for for accell 8mm wires?