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Hi,
I have the car stopped and need to change the ignition leads, I want to buy a Magnecor set and found this shop online that has them: http://www.lkperformancestyling.co.uk/p ... oduct=4562

Does anyone know this store? Are these the correct leads? Is there another place to buy them that would ship them to Portugal? Are there another great or better ignition leads?

And what mm normally one would buy? 7mm, 7.5mm or 8mm? A friend of mine called there and they told they where out of stock, does anyone know some place else that could have some?

Get the 8.5mm ones - the smaller diameter ones aren't the proper silicone material and are no better than the stock parts.

Do a search on ebay or Google for Magnecor KV85 and you should find something - also do a search for Magnecor on here as there's links to at least 1 place that does them to order.

Adrian

I've used these guys before for brake parts and their service is good

Price looks very competitive too

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/frame- ... ranges.asp

As Adrian has said, you require the 8.5mm leads.

I bought my last set from Graham Goode, here in Leicester:

http://www.grahamgoode.com/

They might do mail order to Portugal.

Mike P.

I bought the KV85 (big fat ones) but they don't fit under the plug cover very well.

Personally, I see no difference in the performance, but thats just me. Debatable whether they were actually worth £60 or whatever it was.

I ended up with the spec silicone BOSCH fitment ones. No idea who they are actually made by, but they where special order (and £45 all in). Personally i dont know that i would ever notice the difference if there was one.

Thanks for all the replys, I'll be checking the best place to buy them.

The Mag leads are definitely high quality and will last indefinitely, I have the 8.5mm items and to fit them under the plug cover you need to remove the stiffening bars from it.

It is debateable on performance as a plug lead can only preserve what you put into it i.e. you can have the best leads in the world but if ypu put a weak spark intop them you will get a weak spark out.

IIRC the standard Bourgecord keads are almost £30 and pretty poor insulation wise so in the scheme of things the £45-£60 price tag isn't so bad.

Cheers
Luke

Ah well, mine are 8mm

Guess I'll be selling them and get some KV85.

I had no issues getting the 8.5mm ones under the plug cover on my phase 2 - think they're the same on the phase 1 too. From memory you need to change the routing a little and then they fit like a glove

Not sure if I've got a pic with them mounted up - will have a look

Found a few pics:



Click for full size versions

IIRC the stiffening bars nip against the leads so I just took the step to prevent any chance of damage to them.
In fact I am not 100% sure if they are KV80 or 85 now

Cheers
Luke

Adrian E wrote:Found a few pics:

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They look too close without the cover, and I don't have a cover there. Do you think that they could touch without the cover?

Not sure to be honest - I never ran mine as pictured there - those pics were from when I was replacing the cooling system including re-furbing the thermostat housing and replacing a load of hoses and clips, hence why the cover's off.