What Brand Plugs and Wires?

[general x]

neignoff or somthing like that for the wires and bosch platniums for the plugs

 

[DMan446]

I use Bosch Plat plugs and wires. Have used the Bosch single plat flugs in all my cars over the years, never had a problem with them.

Any kind of +2 or +4 is just a waste of money, not to mention it makes your engine run hotter.

I remeber a HUGE discussion of this on another forum.

Lets look at the facts. How does energy/electricity flow? Path of least resistance right? So if you are running +2 or +4 and one of the ground electrodes is closer than the other(s) by just hundredths of an inch, it will tend to only fire on said electrode 99% of the time anyway. You can do the math.

P.O.
DMan446

 

[Ru Dawg]

OTHER

Autolite Platinums & Jacobs Ultra-Fit wires

 

[BrianB31]

Ok, I have a question. I have a '98 Ranger with a '99 Explorer engine, but it has the Aluminum GT-40X heads and ' 96 FMS headers. The local dealer has 96-97 5.0 wires for 56 bucks, but the '98-01 are 175!! What gives?? The only differences I know of between a '97 and '98 are the GT40-P heads and internal versus external egr.

Anyone know if a '96-97 wire will work on my truck?

 

[poconosms1]

Just changed back to Motorcraft Double PLat. and OEM motorcraft wires. Had Bosch +4's but were having trouble with hesitation and stumbling at low RPM's. When I tookk out the +4's they were signs that they were running hotter than they should(what I've read about on other posts). Only had them in for 10K miles too. Not real happy with the $$ spent on them. Hope this solves my problem.

Bosch +4 no gap plugs SUCK. You cannot put them in any of the older GM cars. They cause hesitation and don't fire properly.

 

[EliteConcept]

motorcraft plugs, autolite wires

 

[BrianB31]

motorcraft plugs, autolite wires

Autolite doesn't make wires for '98 and newer V8s.

 

[os1kne]

Great thread!

 

[BrianB31]

I wanted to let y'all know I got some custom wires from a company called wires4cars.com. They use Kingsborne as their manufacturer and they are awesome!! 62.00 w/ shipping 9 mm, 5 colors to choose from and they have baer wiring connectors that are used in Europe. The set fit perfectly and they throw in a small tube of dielectric grease. They also come with a LLT waranty.

I highly recomdend them.

 

[Private_Joker]

OK, You'll like this question:

What difference do the plugs and wires make?
Any power difference?

Why should I change my wires & plugs every 50K?
I certainly have not done that before - in any vehicle.

Please inform me!

 

[BrianB31]

Well since two of my wires were open circuits and two others had frayed wires it made a lot of difference. It doesn't hesitate/stall when I step on the gas and it idles better.


HP difference, nope, wires can't make HP. These wires are 300ohms/foot.

As for every 50k, plugs are 100k items if they are platinum and wires should be replaced as needed.


Why do you sound like you have a chip on your shoulder?

 

[Private_Joker]

No chips on my shoulders! I just did'nt know the advantage of changing the plugs and wires unless there was a noticiable problem.
I kinda wonder about some mods which seem pricey, but the return could be neglible.. But I'm new to the mod thing so I'm still learning

ie: If I'm not experiencing any problems with them, but haven't changed wires or plugs for over 100k, should I go and buy new wires and plugs???

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

I'm running Taylor 8mm Spiro Pro plug wires on my V8, powered by Accel coilpacks and firing Autolite copper plugs. Seems to work really well.

 

[EBInterceptor]

I've got Bosch Plat +2, and Jacobs Ultra Fit wires

 

[mabulok]

Bosch wires, motorcrap plugs...

 

[Eric P]

Autolite platinum plugs and Bosch wires. :exp:

 

[JLaudio184]

Bosch Plat +4 with Bosch wires

 

[92Tank]

Just tossed all my 10k Bosch +4's after waking up last Monday to a terrible, terrible idle(no other prior problems on my 190k EX, btw) For one reason or another, #2 plug decided to detonate its ceramic core and lodge what was left in between the 4 electrodes. What a waste of $30. Bah.

Back to my $1.09 Autolites. :frustrate

 

[Shagnasty]

My plug wires are damn hard to remove. Is there a special tool needed? this is on a 2000 ohv v6...

68000 miles

 

[V8BoatBuilder]

My plug wires are damn hard to remove. Is there a special tool needed? this is on a 2000 ohv v6...

68000 miles

If you're going to replace the wires, just grab the boots with some channel locks and rock-n-roll. This may damage them, might not. Put a rag or some duct-tape around the pliers and it should be enough cushion. Autozone does sell a spark plug boot removal tool, but its nothing more than plastic pliers.

Use dielectric grease on the inside of the boots, and anti-sieze on the plug threads when you re-install.