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GTSLN97
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I have a problem with my plug wires going out on me A LOT. I am about to be on my 4th set.... Anyone else have this problem too? Is there anything I could be doing to prevent this? This is a pretty expencive thing to do once a year like I have been... Thanks.
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Coyoteswapfox92
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Somthing tells me it would be better to let people know what wires you have ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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GTSLN97
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I have tried a couple. Stock, MSD, ford motorsport, now I need to try another, I will probabley get MSD again since I can get them right at vic hubbards... It is really frustrating that these keep going out!
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Coyoteswapfox92
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I got MSD cause belive that the FMS ones a junk. So I don't know what to tell you....maybe Nology or Scremin demon or even Taylor.
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GTSLN97
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ya, weird... I even replaced my coil packs before because I thought they had something to do with it. Its not like my car is heavily modified... O well, imma get the msd ones again tomorrow, they seem like better quality then fomoco.
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BlackNGold
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FMS ones are junk...I installed Accel 300+ on my last 5.0 and never had one single problem...I had Taylor's on my 86 GT and I never had a problem with them either...I have MSD wires on my 2.3 turbo and they seem to be fine too....
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JohnCM
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I say a plug wire is a plug wire. FMS, MSD, Taylor, Nology, Accel, Fuck it. They're wires.
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mtbaughs
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quote:
Originally posted by GTSLN97:
I have a problem with my plug wires going out on me A LOT. I am about to be on my 4th set.... Anyone else have this problem too? Is there anything I could be doing to prevent this? This is a pretty expencive thing to do once a year like I have been... Thanks.
This is strange. I wonder why you'd be losing wire functions yearly. I wonder if there is an ignition issue? Do you have an aftermarket ignition booster? You shouldn't be losing wires so often. If theres an ignition booster like an MSD DIS 4 or something you might want to get it checked out
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GTSLN97
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nope, only msd coil packs. but it started doing this before.
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9lbpony
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What do you mean by "going out"?
Are they burning through? Is the resistance of the wire going above 6K Ohm / Foot? Is it causing a mis-fire?
I know my car eats caps and rotors yearly but I run a Jacob's Electronics ignition. It's a big beast of an ignition but it was worth 0.010" of gap w/o blowing out under boost. Did wonders for emissions and drivability.
I'm not familiar with where the wires route on the '97s but I suspect its a possible culprit.
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GTSLN97
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cause mis-fire.
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