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LT1RUNNER
03-13-2009, 11:27 AM
Whats up guys and gals. My car began to have a slight miss when at idle so yesterday I decided to do a little trouble shooting and this is what I found. One of my plugs was touching my headers and got burned. Not bad but enough. I also noticed a spit in one of the boots. Not sure when that happened but it's there. I did a little makeshift repair and taped them up with electrical tape because I didn't have an extra wire anywhere. Sucks! So money is tight (real tight) but I need to get a set of wire soon. I was wondering if anyone ever used these ebay ones and if so how good are they? I know I'll prolly just get a set of Taylors, MSD or Accel but I'm trying to save a little $$$. Any help or thoughts appreciated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SPARK-PLUG-WIRES-SET-94-95-CHEVY-IMPALA-SS-LT1-LT-1-WLT_W0QQitemZ250296366954QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors _Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item250296366954&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1546%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

firehawk238
03-13-2009, 11:30 AM
to be honest i just put on a set of accel 9000 wires and am very pleased with them. i think you can pick them up from summit for about $85 or so. i do know that they were cheaper than the AC Delco wires.

YZF
03-13-2009, 11:56 AM
I have 7 MSD's and a solo Taylor, and she runs just fine.

Those wires you linked us to are huge! They look like they'll do the job, but wont know til ya try some.

stilltime
03-13-2009, 12:08 PM
Good luck fitting 10.2 wires through the stock passenger routing. I'd just pick up some OEM wires until you can afford some decent wires. Taylor OTVC wires are very easy tomake yourself with the crimping tool and worked great for me. I bought Taylor's steel mesh boot protectors to cover each boot so no more burned wires. This was all done on my old Z, I'll post pics up later tonight when I get home.

TechF1end
03-13-2009, 12:09 PM
Whats up guys and gals. My car began to have a slight miss when at idle so yesterday I decided to do a little trouble shooting and this is what I found. One of my plugs was touching my headers and got burned. Not bad but enough. I also noticed a spit in one of the boots. Not sure when that happened but it's there. I did a little makeshift repair and taped them up with electrical tape because I didn't have an extra wire anywhere. Sucks! So money is tight (real tight) but I need to get a set of wire soon. I was wondering if anyone ever used these ebay ones and if so how good are they? I know I'll prolly just get a set of Taylors, MSD or Accel but I'm trying to save a little $$$. Any help or thoughts appreciated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/SPARK-PLUG-WIRES-SET-94-95-CHEVY-IMPALA-SS-LT1-LT-1-WLT_W0QQitemZ250296366954QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors _Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item250296366954&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1546%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

DAMN those are some thick wires!! im using jegs 8.5mm that i paid 47 bucks and they turned out to be pretty good, i run LTs and havent had any prob with them cracking. I wonder how good they would be? if you decided to buy them lets us know how it goes

TechF1end
03-13-2009, 12:11 PM
Good luck fitting 10.2 wires through the stock passenger routing. I'd just pick up some OEM wires until you can afford some decent wires. Taylor OTVC wires are very easy tomake yourself with the crimping tool and worked great for me. I bought Taylor's steel mesh boot protectors to cover each boot so no more burned wires. This was all done on my old Z, I'll post pics up later tonight when I get home.

yea it was pretty difficult to run the wires on the passanger side in the stock location. i couldnt imagine 10.2mm

LT1RUNNER
03-13-2009, 12:25 PM
DAMN those are some thick wires!! im using jegs 8.5mm that i paid 47 bucks and they turned out to be pretty good, i run LTs and havent had any prob with them cracking. I wonder how good they would be? if you decided to buy them lets us know how it goes

Jeggs? $47?!? That will work. I was just looking at these wires cause of the price. But Jeggs will work too!! Thanks for the help.

Sinnz28
03-13-2009, 12:32 PM
I am tight on money and I have not checked yet but i think i may have burned through a wire too. I just bought some omni wire's from o'riellys they were 27 bucks.
gonna install them tonight. there 7 mm.

LT1RUNNER
03-13-2009, 12:44 PM
7mm? mEE NO LIKEY!! I tried a set from napa and ended up burning off one of the boots.

TechF1end
03-13-2009, 12:57 PM
yea i think they are 39.99, but come out to 47. for the price its a good deal msd has there streetfire wires for around the same price but i think they are 8mm

crows93z
03-13-2009, 01:19 PM
i just got an entire set of OEM delco replacements... it was like $40. they seem to work just fine for me.

LT1RUNNER
03-13-2009, 01:52 PM
i just got an entire set of OEM delco replacements... it was like $40. they seem to work just fine for me.

Cool. Maybe I just was unlucky but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Thanks for the info.