Re: "Chipping" your car? -Reply

[Shannon Shirk <SSHIRK@wordperfect.com>]

We've had this discussion on several lists to which I am a member. The
general consensous is:

On older vehicles, you will notice a significant improvement. (Like I did
with the Jacobs OmniPak on my '68 Ford Bronco.) But on newer,
electronic ignition, fuel injected vehicles you won't notice much. What
Jacobs don't tell you on the sales call is that you need to gap the plugs
50 thousanths over normal; you must use regular copper plugs, not
platinums or splitfires; you have to have at lease 8mm wires (copper
also).

If you are using smaller wires, they get hot and don't transfer the energy
properly. (I burned up a set of stock 7mm wires.

But, after replacing the wires with new ones (Jacobs) and changing to
copper plugs, I do have a major improvement in my Bronco (but
remember we're talking 1968 technology, vacuum dist, points, 2 bbl carb,
etc.) I have improved gas mileage and better power.

the Omnipak ($190) came with a dist cap, the omnipak and all wires. Plug
the Omni pak into the coil input on the dist, plug the new coil wire to
ground. run a lead from the hot side of the coil to the omnipak, and a lead
from the battery to the omnipak and you're done.

I don't work for Jacobs nor do I endorse them, just relating my exp.

FWIW,
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Shannon Shirk
WordPerfect, the Novell Applications Group
'68 Bronco	'84 Bronco	'89 Audi Quattro
SSHIRK@WordPerfect.com
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Who would claim these opinions anyway?