8 replies to this topic

[The-Womble]

Model: City E 1000
Year: 1982

Been giving my Mini a bit of a winter service (new oil filter, air filter etc.), and thought I might as well change the HT Leads while I'm at it, but when I came to searching for some I came out with thousands of results - 'performance' HT leads, high-quality silicon HT leads....the lot. Is there any real difference between any of them other than price.

If so, what do we think are the best HT leads for a reasonable price (and from where)?

[Guess-Works.com]

In the big scheme of things, no difference.... just buy stock HT leads.

[The-Womble]

Ok, cheers

[leaky]

Ok, cheers

Silicon ones are ment to be the best and the easiest to keep clean.

[minispud]

In the big scheme of things, no difference.... just buy stock HT leads.

They is a difference between a lot of leads, Mini HT leads only carry a couple of thou volts, but some thing like the Vauxhall Cav mk2 had electronic ignition and that carried something like 10x the amount of volts that the Mini does. So the leads are a lot better.

Have a look around in some mags like "Car & Car Conversion" and "Fast Car" for old fast Fords, Vauxhalls, BMW's etc they will fit quality leads.

[leaky]

These are the ones I have just bought.

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[taffy1967]

I can't recommend these enough and their suitable for all Mini models up to the 1996 Twin-Point injections: -

Click Me.

Okay their slightly more expensive, but their damned good.

[Wil_h]

The first answer in this thread says it all. No power was ever gained from fitting 'better' leads. Anyone who says they can is wrong. All tests I've seen compare old to new, so lost power is re-gained, if you see what I mean; no new power is found.

Leads will have a specific voltage, and more importantly current rating, as long as the leads satisfy the requirements of your system then you don't need to get any better.

Yes modern systems have slightly more voltage, but not so much that they require a special lead, most modern leads are resistor type anyway so they'll have a set resistance. Which thinking about it is why modern coils produce more voltage so as to maintain a spark.

Just buy standard.

As an examope on my 160bhp 998 turbocharged hillclimber I use a set of Ford Escort leads I took off a scrap car 5 years ago, no issues so far, and no apparent shortage of power!

Edited by Wil_h, 07 January 2010 - 07:52 AM.

[Paul Wiginton]

Swiftune have found Bosch to be the longer lasting, most reliable, are what I use

Paul