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Topic #8872 4 posts Started by ST-204
Hi, all
I just wanna know these two products are the same stuff or not??
"Ignition Coil Wire" and "Earth straps"

This post has been edited by ST-204: Jan 20, 2004 - 4:05 AM

No, these are not the same thing.

An Earth Strap is a flat tinned copper braid cable that generally runs from the battery to the chassis ground on some cars. Looks like this:

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An ignition coil wire is the wire that runs from your ignition coil to your distributor. It carries high-voltage current.
So do u know what's the function of those?
In essence, the coil wire increase spark energy to the spark plug and the ground strap just groud your engine more to provide a better noise free signal to and from the critical electronics components.

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