The "electrical pulse" travels at 186,000 miles/second. At that speed, your
spark would be delayed by 0.000000000008485 seconds (give or take a zero...)
for every inch increase in length. I don't see a great concern here!
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <terryrs@comcast.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:40 AM
Subject: [TR] Wire Length
>I have a set of nearly solid core ignition wires left over from a V-8 plow
>truck long-dead-and-gone. Since I'm currently messing with the ignition
>system anyway, my plan is to cut them down and use them to replace the ones
>in the TR3.
>
> Just curious: How sensitive is it necessary to be when chopping ignition
> wires to length? On one hand, making a stock short wire shorter, and a
> long wire longer, would affect the timing by delivering spark sooner and
> later respectively. On the other hand, the electrical pulse would seem to
> be so fast, it wouldn't matter.
>
> Which is right?
>
> (I'm on vacation and obviously have too much time on my hands.)
>
>
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
> New Hampshire
>
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