8mm HT cable.

if you have the coils one each side then can you use some genuine ford leads? or do you need super long leads?

It's caused me grief trying to find somewhere decent to fit the coils. I've ended up with them at the front of the engine roughly where the dizzy was - and neither Mondeo or Escort leads are quite long enough. The longest run is about 1 metre. I'd also be happier with new matching leads - and to buy two sets ain't cheap.

Try Fiesta leads, MK 3-4 ?. It's what I've used on mine, they were longer than Mondeo ones...

they are. I found a place that makes custom length leads for edis conversions with the clip on ends and whatever type of plug cap you want, but they don't state what the resistance is.:

I know you can buy custom made leads - says starting at 30 quid. So probably the thick end of 100 for a V-8. Cable should be no more than 2.50 a metre, and I've already got the terminals and a suitable crimp tool.

So what I need to know is where they get their cable from...

My brother got the Ford leads I have for me. I've no idea where the nearest scrappie is to here anymore that might have them.

I suppose I could look at Fiesta leads in Halfords, and measure them?

there is loose 8mm carbon lead by the metre on ebay at 1.50/metre, don't say what ohms it is though, but you could ask:

They don't know but I can amswer. 1K8 a metre. It's spiral wound stuff.

I don't want to fry the EDIS unit or blot out my radio and every TV within miles, so unless told it's ok would rather try and get the OEM stuff.

Just looked in Halfords and they're nowhere near long enough. The maximum length I need is 1 metre. The coil packs are offset to the right (offside) of the engine, and that's the run to No 7 cylinder.

This any good?

Don't do 8mm resistive core.

I must admit to being surprised that neither they or Vehicle Wiring Products did - perhaps there's no demand. ;-)

Have you tried "car builder solutions" they supply parts for kit cars and other "one offs" so might be worth an ask!!

this is just a suggestion, I am not affiliated with and have never yet brought from them..

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Is there anything here? All I can see though is 3K/ft

Given the prices they charge for made up leads, I'm not surprised. ;-)

I've actually found out the spec for EDIS leads courtesy of a forum. Seems the minimum load is 5k. Many just use plugs with resistors and copper core wire. But they may not be too worried about blotting out TVs...

These people sell "high resistance" HT cable by the metre.

These sell it too (9.8Kilohms to 23.0Kilohms, meeting SAE J557 spec)

I've not had any dealings with either, just spent 15m googling for the fun.

I contacted both asking for the actual figure per metre - and neither knew. A cable with a tolerance of 9K8 - 23K would seem a bit strange.

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

I'd suggest the tolerance there is the one in the SAE spec rather than the spec for the actual cable, I.E. to be able to claim to meet the SAE it has to have a resistance between 9k8 to 23k and anything in that range is fine rather than the cable actually possessing that tolerance?

I'd guess it's something like that. But since plug lead lengths vary, if you are to be sure your installation meets this you'd also need to know the spec of the cable. In practice, I've found a variation of about 1 - 20k per metre between different make cables.

I've found out the spec for EDIS courtesy of a forum. Seems it needs a minimum of 5k - some just used copper leads and resistor plugs. I suppose these must be the norm for coil on plug installations.

Something like 20k total used to be the average for dizzy installations made up of the coil to dizzy king lead, carbon brush to rotor arm and actual plug lead. With EDIS the total length is likely to be less due to not having the dizzy.