Flathead Plug wire looms, HotRod

1932 V8

1932 V8

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Hello, I am ready to buy some wire looms for my Flathead . I want the stainless kind that run in the stock location with individual tubes . I am looking for pics of them installed from certain manufacturers like Drake , or Speedway , Flathead Jacks etc . They seem to vary in price from $70 to $120 , whats the difference ? Quality maybe ?? Just looking for info before I buy .
Thanks for any help , Mike
 
Drake = China
Speedway = China
Flathead Jack = USA
1932 V8 said:
Hello, I am ready to buy some wire looms for my Flathead . I want the stainless kind that run in the stock location with individual tubes . I am looking for pics of them installed from certain manufacturers like Drake , or Speedway , Flathead Jacks etc . They seem to vary in price from $70 to $120 , whats the difference ? Quality maybe ?? Just looking for info before I buy .
Thanks for any help , Mike
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I had the stock tubes chromed
I forget if it was $40 for the pair or $40 each
Old age is fun..:D
 

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Thanks for the replies so far . I prefer to buy from Flathead Jack . He is a great guy to deal with and has quality parts . I just wanted to see what the options were . Any pics out there ? I like the chrome stock ones but for this build I prefer the stainless ones .
 
Before you purchase any wire loom tubes you need to measure the diameter of your plug wires and then ask the vendor the inside diameter of the wire loom tube.
 
In my experience (I’ve got them on two Flatheads), most of the after market "hot rod" looms are set up for 7mm wires. It's a good idea to use a little silicone spray to feed the wires through the looms.;)
 
Something that most people are not aware of is, individual plug wire looms will
cut the current at the plug by about 4 milliamps due to capacitive leakage. This won't usually be noticed if the ignition is in good condition.
If you use looms with a hot aftermarket ignition, you will usually see glow (corona) around the ends of the looms in the dark and that's not good.
 
I got the ones from Flathead Jack for an 8BA style manifold and they no how, no way will fit. As usual, it seems most stuff I try to store buy wont fit. So I fabricated mine from 3/8" steel tubing and had them chrome plated.
Bill
 

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justpassinthru said:
I got the ones from Flathead Jack for an 8BA style manifold and they no how, no way will fit. As usual, it seems most stuff I try to store buy wont fit. So I fabricated mine from 3/8" steel tubing and had them chrome plated.
Bill
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Bill beutiful looking engine,what are those 2 tubes comming out of the center of the intake sides joining in a "Y" at the front of motor?? vacume tubes ?? why 2 of them???? ken ct.:)
 
justpassinthru said:
I got the ones from Flathead Jack for an 8BA style manifold and they no how, no way will fit. As usual, it seems most stuff I try to store buy wont fit. So I fabricated mine from 3/8" steel tubing and had them chrome plated.
Bill
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I like, very nice.
Gary.
 
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