New plug wire install
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New plug wire install
Hey guys I was just given a set of high temp plug wires to try and install on my 292. I want it to look nice and clean but I'm not sure how to do that. What is the cleanest way to run the wires so it doesn't look like a tangled mess or the wires were just thrown in there? I want it to look professional.. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: forgot to mention I'm running headers
EDIT: forgot to mention I'm running headers
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Hey guys I was just given a set of high temp plug wires to try and install on my 292. I want it to look nice and clean but I'm not sure how to do that. What is the cleanest way to run the wires so it doesn't look like a tangled mess or the wires were just thrown in there? I want it to look professional.. Thanks in advance!
EDIT: forgot to mention I'm running headers
EDIT: forgot to mention I'm running headers
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Tried to dig it up, somewhere over at Y-blocksforever.com forums somebody asked the same question, and Ted Eaton and others had a dozen different pics of plug wire routing on race engines that looked great. You should try to find that. My googlefoo mad skillz aren't what they once were I guess.
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This one would look nice, but not probable with a Y-Block... we only have 2 studs that hold the valve covers on in the middle, no bolts around the rim :/
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My 65, with the 390, has the 2 hole horizontal wire loom, difficult to determine but as best as I can tell the measurement between the two lower valve cover mounting holes is approx. 8 3/4". Learned from experience, online Ford part supplier's are not equipped to give advise if their website item application description varies from intended use. I would not purchase unless I was certain, perhaps able to determine by comparing FE big block valve cover, or gaskets to that of the 292. Another option, perhaps a member in the y block forum can help; but again, sometimes requires thinking out of the box.
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Cargo Master
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The factory style wire looms should work perfectly. They should be available from any company dealing in vintage Ford parts.
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With headers on the 292, there arent really any good places to have looms to hold them, I ran mine using little plastic spacers and then when the head behind the motor they are pretty much hidden by the firewall.
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Wonder if anyone has a pic of how the stock holders were mounted... wonder if they will still work with headers as I and the OP have
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The FAA-12297-A plastic wire retainers (4 wires - noted in post #9) are not shown in the pic (I have a car pic with them), were introduced in 1952 Lincoln's, the first FoMoCo vehicle to have a Y block V8.
They can be used on anything.
This 302 was a Lincoln derived Y block installed in 1956/63 F700/950's.
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The stock looms will work with headers.
Some pictures can be found here:
http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic121912.aspx?
Some pictures can be found here:
http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic121912.aspx?
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