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Someone told me the dealer wires are the best. Can I get some other ones that are less expensive but just as good?

-M

 

The stock NGK wires are good for a decent amount of HP. Anything that costs more than $10 more is a waste of money.

 

Yo,


Tee, I got the Racing Beat ones:

http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtNumber=11515

Well, I got the NON turbo ones. *grin*

Good to see you at Sevenstock!

KS
1989 GTUs "Less GTUs than AE's at Sevenstock!"

 

racing beat.

the 10 mm ones... the ones that cost 150 bucks usd

 

Did anyone notice the less expensive part?

IMHO 10mm wires arent worth the extra $ you have to shell out for useless shielding. Core size is the same.

 

i got the racing beat ones... brand new... for $50
actually i dont know if they are racing beat ones cuz it doesnt say racing beat on the wire... just "ULTRA" but they are red silicon and look exactly like the pictures ive seen.. and the connectors are about 1000x better than the stock ones. so im happy with them.

 

The core size does get bigger from stock up to 8.8mm I have axcel 8.8mm wires in my car. The MSD (8.5mm) are larger then the stock cores and the 8.8mm axcels are larger then the 8.5mm but thats where it stops.After that you paying for silicon. I'm not going to debate this with any body we have had them all in our hands at the same time. My stock wires and an old set of MSD 8.5mm out of my buddys S10 and 8.8mm axcels the differences between them all is night and day.

 

i have the msd ones

 

I have Accel 8.8 wires and it really helped up top. After I put these on, it stopped stuttering in the high rpm's...id reccomend em!

 

dunt kno if this help, but my frend got some nology hotwire for his 240. it have a built in capacitor in each wire to have lot of power in the spark plug, he said it werk good.

 

I got magnacor 10mm

Haven't got to test em yet though, as the car still sits in place in the backyard

 

Racing Beat's Ultra. I have never had wires that held onto the Coils as good as RB's. Talk about suction.

 

I have the Magacore 10mm wires too. I got mine for 55 bux and I noticed a big difference... but then again, my old wires were totally hammered.

Fikshun

 

Before the RB Ultras I had Magnacor 10's on. The previous owner had these on and this was the only thing I did not change when It came to a major tune up, for 3 years I kept them on plus the amount the previous owner had them on for. After a while, I got sick of the zip ties that I used to keep the boots on the Coils. Perhaps thats why I praise the Ultras so much. You literally have to pry them off as many will agree.

 

I was talking about going from 8.xmm to 10mm wires.

 

I'm running the Jacobs wires (8.5mm) they're excellent if you ask me, better than the stock wires.

 

I use the Magnacore 10mm wires, I have had them for like 5 years now. They seem to work for me.

 

OK, here's the breakdown - I've personally used or worked with cars with pretty much every plug wire you care to mention.

Stock NGK - they work great, fit great, and are VERY reasonably priced - I think you can get a set for around $20 or so brand new. They aren't very long lived, but are generally well built.

Magnecor - my favorite. Very reasonably priced, and they've changed the design at least 3 times over the years, improving fitment each time. For about $55 they're probably the best bang for the buck, and will outlive your car.

Jacobs - not a fan. Fitment is lousy, and they have trouble with the part that clips onto the plug wire corroding and breaking off. I don't recommend them.

Taylor - I haven't used them personally, but have seen them on other people's cars - good price and fitment.

Nology - avoid. The capacitor thing is a marketing gimmick, and they're BIG TIME overpriced. Many moons ago a 3rd gen guy dyno tested them and compared them with stock NGK wires, and actually *lost* horsepower. Yeah. They're over $100 or so, too!

Racing Beat/Ultra - Many people like them, but I'm not that hot on them. They're VERY pricey (well over $100) and the boots are very thin and easy to tear. The fitment is good, though. Spend half the price on Magnecors for a far more rugged wire that fits just as well.

Cheap parts store wires - avoid. Fitment is usually horrible, and the metal clips in the wires break off easily.

Accel - they may have changed, but the last ones I saw were SUPER long, way longer than they should have been. Construction and fitment seemed to be good, though.

Anyhow, that's my 2 cents. If you're on a budget, or just need some wires for the beater, get the stock NGK's. If it's your baby, get the Magnecors. If you can't deal with the red color of the Magnecors, I think the Taylor wires are available in blue and black and might be worth checking into.

Dale

 

Dang, I do a killer writeup on plug wires and there's no comments?


Dale

 

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I have MSD's, reasonable price. Cheaper than magnecor if I remember correctly? The boots fit nice and tight, the wires have a heat shield wrapped around the wire, which is already well insulated (double protection). Nice wires all around. I got them from Summit.
Good Luck.

 

what? accel wires suck! i had a set on my car when i bought them... i found a receipt for them in my glove box and it showed them to be 1.5 years old... i went to pull the boot off from the plug wire and the boot clip thingy broke off and was left on the spark plug... stupid crappy wires.

NGKs are fine for me. They are 50 bucks canadian, they have this plastic sheild wrapper around them... they fit nice too.

 

back a few months ago i took my car to the dyno with some buddys they where both using magnacore 10 MM wires and i had the jacobs 8.5 wires but neways the guy got discusted when he looked under the hoods of my buddys when he saw the wires he says that those wire are impossible to get a signal from ( for the RPM of the motor) but he tried neways and could get a reading at all (very very well insulated ) and he found a signal from my wires fairly easly (so teh jacobs arent insulated as wel) and after wards we were BSing and i asked him about MSD wires and he laughed at me and said that when you get eth sensor close the an engine bay with those he startes getting readings. and he also told me that he will NOT even put the snesor on nology wires cause they will cause damage to it

 

I have the Magnecor 10mm, and they have treated me great. The interference I had with the Borg-Warner pieces of S**t that I had before is gone, and I seem to have a bit more power now. Of course, I did change the plugs too, but these wires are much, much better.