Pics of plug wire routing with hei and ram horns
 

I need some ideas on how to cleanly run my new custom fit plug wires and I still have my ramhorns and am using HEI any help will be greatly appreciatede

TIA....Randy

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We make wire separators out of electrical ties and use 180 degree ends on the spark plug wires to keep them away from the Rams horn manifolds. Here is a picture to show you the idea.

Jim

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Randy, Here's the way I routed mine with HEI and ramshorn exhaust. Pic shows point dist. instead of HEI, but it routes the same. Hope this helps? You can get the plugwire stands from GMCPauls. He has them in stock.

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bringing this one back from the dead... borrowed a pic from Bruce88... I already have 90 degree boots on my wires or i'd go this route... looks nice.

40200 - JEGS 8.0mm Red Hot Power Wires

RNM-1101S - R&M billet wire looms

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I used the plug wire off of a vette when i had rams horn manifolds. they are much longer than the truck wires which allows you to route the wires under the manifolds.

LMC has some spark plug wire stands/holders that will work for these types of plug wires and you can see how they are routed. on page 158, in the Ignition section, of my LMC catalog, they have the plug wire retainers for the vette style wires with the ram horns manifold.

and depending what version of the manifolds you have, i would grind the manifold casting a bit around plug 6. this was notorious for burning the boots and casuing arching. the manifolds pictured above are much nicer castings than mine were and they clearly dont have the problem. but some do.

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I just run them the length of the valve covers (top) and curl them around the front

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OHIODAN has the right idea.... thatz how i did mine..

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alright where are you guys getting these long ol wires from? custom making them? I ordered mine for a 77 chevy truck and they work and clear the ramhorn but they look awful, DZNUCKS: what year vette should I ask for?

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most use universal, cut to length kits, vs pre-fabbed.......

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Mine are from a 77 Vette, they are long enough to route under the rams horns.

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Have any pics, or did you route the same as the diagram above?

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Same as Ohiodans diagram.

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This is what I did when I had ramhorns. I had them routed exactly like the diagram. Worked great.

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Here's how I did mine...mostly stock routing except I did not run the front wires behind the manifolds as I couldn't find a good place to the hold them secure and was worried about burning them.....so I used a clip on the frame..

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Been awhile since I saw this thread. I used plug wires for a 75 vette with HEI. Worked good.

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I second the billet plug wire holders... I had those on mine and they are coming back unless I do a duramax / allison swap ;)

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on the front plug wires, i routed mine between the engine and the motor mount...

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Wow, what did you paint the exhaust manifolds with? POR15? Looks great!

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I like it.

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I used Eastwood High Temp Coating.....Stuff is awesome!

http://www.eastwood.com/factory-gray...ating-kit.html




RM

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Ordered mine from Kingsbonre
and used the original mounting method.
s/t
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ok so the 77 or 75 vette are longer?

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Shoot I was going to use this but in the end I didn't, now i wish I had. looks great.
My wires are run per the diagram. I used what NAPA had labeled as for an RV of that same vintage. probably the same as the vette. Plenty of length to route in various different pathways.

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love this thread. going to start my wires over this weekend!:metal:

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I know I said I ran my wires as per diagram but that was before I rebuilt my engine. After the rebuild I used the billet aluminum wire managers and went over the top of the ram horns. I used the Kevlar wire shields to protect the wires from the high heat stored in the manifold. The wire managers keep the wires far enough away from the manifold that I have not had any trouble.

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1973 corvette plug wires are the wire you need to run the front 2 wires to 1-3 2-4 they are long enough to run throw the motor mounts and the Corvette used the RamHorns exhaust up to 1973 so when ordering HEI plug wires ask for the 1973 Corvette cus in 1974 they went to a different exhaust system no more Ramhorns

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These are 76 Vette wires. They fit perfectly to route them as the stock wires were but these have the HEI ends. No reason to go to the trouble of custom making them.

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Yes, I know you can't see the plug wires on the engines I build. That's the point of my pictures. They are there but out of sight. When plug wires are properly routed, they last a long, long time.

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Does someone have a part # or link to the correct wires? I would like to route under the manifolds but the corvette wires I ordered are not quite long enough. I would like to not mess around with ordering a bunch of different wire sets. It's for an hei distributor.

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I am having a hard time finding the valve cover bolts that are long enough; any advice?

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Here's mine. I built the plug wires. straight plugs.

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I am trying to replicate your setup on my 327 SBC.

I have to use the spacer to raise the wire loom above my ram horn exhaust manifolds, but I am having difficulty finding a bolt long enough, any advice.

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I got my bolts and lock washers at Lowes and cut the spacers from stainless steel tubing. I've been surprised how well the wires keep their shape over time. Now that I have the wire lengths, it will be easy to build them when they need to be replaced. Good luck

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Thanks!

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Here's three pictures, HEI with Rams, 1st is looking down, 2nd is front cylinders, 3rd is rears. Forth picture just for kicks, 72 C10, hedman 68608 headers, AFR angle plug heads.

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How is the wire loom mounted to the valve cover bolt? I can't see from the picture. Is there a spacer, did you have to modify your T Bar bolt?

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beautiful!

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Thats how mine are, and it works great. I need to install the nomex sleeves on the ones behind the downspout though.

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Ordered wires and loom tonite!!

Couldnt fine the r&m loom but subed the one Jegs sells under their name. Oughta work!!