Nology HotWires

[turboyaris]

the theory behind the hot wires performance is that they are not just a spark plug wire. You can theoretically hook a normal spark plug wire to the ignition coils if you really wanted but I would agree that this would be a complete waste of time. The hotwires have a capacitor built into wire thats where they claim to have a benefit.

Tehxfallen. Don't lose complete interest. Some manufacturer make upgraded replacement coils for cars, that require no aftermarket stand alone. Spitfire makes them for a lot of nissan applications, and there is another company whose name escapes me. Not all coils are created equal, which is why you need a standalone if you are going to drastically change the characteristics of the coil. Otherwise, your ecu would control the different ignition coil sporadically.

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/i...ech/index.html
This is a helpful article, althought it is about v-8s with a distributor and all, it begins to explain the ignition system in a little more detail, so you can start to comprehend what it is that you need to consider.

[TEHxFALLEN V1.2]

Originally Posted by TOUGEghost

Our cars already have a coil-on-plug ignition setup, with one of it's advantages being no plug wires. Why would you want to add them?

I had no idea, not very savvy with mechanical components :iono Just trying to learn

Originally Posted by turboyaris

the theory behind the hot wires performance is that they are not just a spark plug wire. You can theoretically hook a normal spark plug wire to the ignition coils if you really wanted but I would agree that this would be a complete waste of time. The hotwires have a capacitor built into wire thats where they claim to have a benefit.

Tehxfallen. Don't lose complete interest. Some manufacturer make upgraded replacement coils for cars, that require no aftermarket stand alone. Spitfire makes them for a lot of nissan applications, and there is another company whose name escapes me. Not all coils are created equal, which is why you need a standalone if you are going to drastically change the characteristics of the coil. Otherwise, your ecu would control the different ignition coil sporadically.

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/i...ech/index.html
This is a helpful article, althought it is about v-8s with a distributor and all, it begins to explain the ignition system in a little more detail, so you can start to comprehend what it is that you need to consider.

Thank you turboyaris, I'll get to reading!

[jkuchta]

I have the hotwires, and other than looking cool, and maybe starting just a hair quicker vs. no plug wires, they don't really add a whole lot to performance.

[turboyaris]

yea the only time i really noticed a difference was higher rpm like 5k+ accelerating faster, and that was with the turbo. which makes sense, usually ignition upgrades benefit the higher rpm range esp. with FI

[dngz]

have these too. no noticable gains. was just happy my car started after i installed it myself lol