It has come time to dump the originals and get some new spark plug wires. For some reason i just dont feel right running w/ wires that have "1986" printed on them. I was looking into the magnecor 10mm ones. Does anyone have any expericnce with these, or have any other reccomendations as far as a new set of wires go??

 

Magnecor's 10 mm are nice, provide good solid spark on my 10th Ann and they are definitely better than the stock wires!!!!

 

ive got 8.5 mm magnecor wires. they are very nice. the cheapest price ive found for them were from Cork Sport i believe

 

I need education, because I can't remember...

...what are the pros and cons with going with a thicker or thinner wire?

 

I'm pretty sure the only difference between between the 8.5's and 10mm wires is the silicone insulation. The 10mm will withstand higher heat. I have the 8.5mm Magnecor wires.

As far as the guides that the wires snap into I don't know if 10's fit because the 8.5's are snug. You'll have to ask one of the guys with 10's.

I think when I change wires I'm just going to get NGK's.

 

I don't understand how one wire (brand, not guage) could actually outperform another, all it is is a wire, right? What I can see is how one wire can be more durable and last longer than another, but essentially all it is is a metal wire with some insulation, right?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm trying to understand how one brand of wire can be so grossly more expensive than another brand.

 

Here are the 10's... No problems as far as I can tell, why would you ever want anything else???

 

It's hard to beat the factory wires... 8mm NGK wires for ~$35....

 

It has been my experience that magnecore puts out an excellent product, most race teams I know of use either Taylor Race Wires or Magnecore. The advantage with the magnecore wires is that they are well shielded, so the ignition will not interfere with the operation of other electronic equipment on your car, in racing that would be ecu... but on your street car its nice as well, because it will help shield the stereo from that annoying sound that raises with rpm. The wires will last a long time, they fit great, I trust them.

The lowest price I have seen is about $60 from an online dealer. He has a good deal with Magnecore, anyway, its www.cyberauto.com Granted he has a bunch of rice boy crap on there as well, but if you sift through it, you can find some quality parts.

 

I bought a brand new set of the NGK Wires not too long ago and didn't notice much improvement over stock. So I decided to trash those and get a set of 8.5mm MSD Super Conductor wires. They have the lowest resistance of any spark plug wires on the market which results in a hotter spark. The MSD wires are great...it immediately cured some misfires I had at high end and I feel the car REVS up more smoothly too. I dunno if its all in my head, but I felt an improvement. The quality of these wires is very good and its snaps on the sparkplugs very tightly. I highly recommend them!

 

How much did those cost you and where did you get them?

P.S. -- I'm in need of some new spark plug wires so I'm shopping around a bit.

 

I got the jacobs wires.. No problems, but I didn't really notice any difference.

My understanding is that some wires have less resistance than other wires...translating to more juice to spark the plugs.. I think the reason that there is still a fair amount of resistance is that it destroys the plugs if there's too little....or something. I'm not too sure..

-Tesla

 

They COST double what the NGKs cost me. I paid about $120 Canadian for them. I think that's what MOST quality wires cost. I've tried every single Spark Plug wires out there on my other car. I use to drive a Turbo 97 Civic before, and I must of tried almost 10 different sets of wires for it! I tried NGK, Taylor, Magnecore, Morosso, Crane and MSD on that too. The best was the MSD, that's why I got it for my RX7 too. The MOST expensive was these NOLOGY HOTWIRES they were about $250 canadian. I was skeptical about that one, so I didn't go for it, I think they're some ripoff wires. Just stick with the MSDs and you'll be happy.