Uprated Plug Leads

If your originals are in good condition, you won't really notice the difference other than in your wallet. I bought some Magnecor leads for my Rover coupe turbo and noticed no difference!!

I also tried Splitfire plugs which are suppossed to give you upto 5bhp extra!! But these were absolute crap, my car sounded like a rally car popping and banging - good job I had a de-cat silencer!!

A good quality lead is just as good!

The only time you may notice a difference is on a quite heavily modded car with an uprated ignition system where more power is put thru the leads etc or a turbo car as these have a higher voltage - but I didn't notice on mine.

dbanbery wrote: because BMWs are the bomb. anybody seen this before... theyre well wicked http://intl.bmwfilms.com/clap.asp?template=index&country=eurorussia&film=&start=Y i have the dvd and its mint. on the "in the making of" bit on the dvd they talk about how all the bmws used in film never need to be modified because the engine is ideally suited to the chassis etc... where as you have other make cars that have to have special engine transplants and suspension tweaks to make them drive better in the film.. sohlman i want an e28 520 as my next car. worth it? will it be crap comapred to my e30 318

Seen some of those vids and they are good. On the E28, I have only driven an M5 and that was very very quick, but my six is pretty similar as it shares the same chassi. They are brill cars and will basically drive like a slightly bigger e30. I would recomend going with a 528, 535, or M535 rather than a 520, not that the 520 is bad, but because the other give you some real performance, and are generally a higher spec. The best one to get is an M535i preferable with the dog leg box. They have to be treates with respect mind you as they are a tad arsey and they don't have very big side windows . They do suffer from tin worm, but not as bad as the old sixes. You should buy on condition rather than mileage as the mechanicals are very stong. Hope this helps.

James

my 535 only cost 600 quid to insure fully comp when i bought her ! i think its a group 16 or 18 i cant remember but i do know my 325 was`more expensive to insure ? i guess its cos there are more 3s owned by boy racers ( im one of em)

 getting back to the leads issue , i know they make big difference my cossie  but thats cos its got a grp a coil delivering more power to the plugs ! i think if you were to use an uprated coil then the leads would be neccassary , and you would feel  the difference !! not sure what coil u could use tho ????

i know what you mean ! trouble is insurance just keeps rising and theres nothing we can do to stop it . i think the 535 will be a fair bit more to insure than ur 318 , i dont no about a 520 or a 525 cos theyve never been my cuppa tea !!

  console yourself with this thought tho ! im 28 and my cossie is now costing me nearly £900 ! its painfull at my age