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Posted by GTSLN97 (Member # 1849) on :
 
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.
 
Posted by -SVT- Parker (Member # 4057) on :
 
Somthing tells me it would be better to let people know what wires you have [Confused]
 
Posted by GTSLN97 (Member # 1849) on :
 
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!
 
Posted by -SVT- Parker (Member # 4057) on :
 
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.
 
Posted by GTSLN97 (Member # 1849) on :
 
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.
 
Posted by Black94 5.0 (Member # 655) on :
 
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....
 
Posted by JohnCM (Member # 1076) on :
 
I say a plug wire is a plug wire. FMS, MSD, Taylor, Nology, Accel, Fuck it. They're wires.
 
Posted by mtbaughs (Member # 4052) on :
 
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
 
Posted by GTSLN97 (Member # 1849) on :
 
nope, only msd coil packs. but it started doing this before.
 
Posted by 9lbpony (Member # 3510) on :
 
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.
 
Posted by GTSLN97 (Member # 1849) on :
 
cause mis-fire.
 




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