Different spark plug wires with electronic ignition?

[Val V]

Wondering if there are spark plug wires that are more suitable for use with the electronic ignition?

[Dave Neptune]

No worries

Val, yes there are for really hot ones but we are only using an electronic trigger for the switching and a stock coil. The stock coil does not require anything with a higher rating. Good stock wires are fine.
If you were using a really "hot" coil for high end stuff then yes the better ones are necessary.

Dave Neptune

[joe_db]

When I had EI it seemed to kill the wire from the coil to the distributor bit by bit. The engine would get harder and harder to start and I would put a new wire on and all would be good.
IMHO, since modern cars use coil-on-plug, a lot of spark plug wire sets are cheap Chinese crap. It may be our host that sells the good ones

[Dave Neptune]

Oh yeh

Joe, your spot on! Cheap wires are cheap wires! Ya' get what you pay for!

A friend of mine who races offshore power stuff has a saying and I have always loved it. " Buy it right cry and cry only once".

Dave Neptune

[Val V]

When I had EI it seemed to kill the wire from the coil to the distributor bit by bit. The engine would get harder and harder to start and I would put a new wire on and all would be good.
IMHO, since modern cars use coil-on-plug, a lot of spark plug wire sets are cheap Chinese crap. It may be our host that sells the good ones

I put in pertronix set with their coil which is intended for a higher output. Do I need the 40k volt coil to run A4? Probably not, since I am not trying to get every bit of the hp out of it. Still, just wanted to know if some wires are more suitable for the EI. I guess the answer is yes but not in a sailboat application.