Spark plug wire suggestions??
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From: Brownell, Kansas, USA
Spark plug wire suggestions??
I'm yet again in the need of a set of spark plug wires. Does anyone have any brand names they particularly like or don't like? I personally don't like borg-warner. I just put them on like 4k miles ago, and they are done for, the damn thing is missing out like you woudn't believe. So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Don't get Jacobs. They won't stay on. I have to push them back on every couple of weeks...
I too am looking for a good set that can take the x-tra power of the Jacobs Ignition. I see Ford Racing wires on e-bay all the time (for the Mustang but they should fit fine). Anyone know if they are any good??
I too am looking for a good set that can take the x-tra power of the Jacobs Ignition. I see Ford Racing wires on e-bay all the time (for the Mustang but they should fit fine). Anyone know if they are any good??
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Stay away from Xact's, only lasted me about 22,000 miles. Original Motorcrafts lasted for 98,000 so all in all the OE wires are not bad IMO. I now have Accel Super Stock's on there and they have been doing a decent job the past 7000-9000 miles.
I have heard that Bosch wires are not too bad and I have heard great things about Magnacor's but they are a little pricey.
If the Accel's go shot soon, I will just go back to Motorcrafts.
From the research I did back about 2 months ago the Mustang wires are different. When I looked it up on the Xact brand, Motorcraft and the Accel brand there were different part #'s in between the Mustang and F150.
The 96-98 2 valve 4.6 Mustang took a 3316 Xact kit, WR-5875 Motorcraft, and a 5139B Accel kit
The 97-98 F150 4.6 took a 3303 Xact, a WR-5934 Motorcraft, and a 5137B Accel kit.
From what I can figure out the coil ends is the same but there must be different lengths and possible different plug ends. Another thing is or at least on the 5.0's is they have a different firing order. Which doesn't really mean all that much I guess.
I have heard that Bosch wires are not too bad and I have heard great things about Magnacor's but they are a little pricey.
If the Accel's go shot soon, I will just go back to Motorcrafts.
From the research I did back about 2 months ago the Mustang wires are different. When I looked it up on the Xact brand, Motorcraft and the Accel brand there were different part #'s in between the Mustang and F150.
The 96-98 2 valve 4.6 Mustang took a 3316 Xact kit, WR-5875 Motorcraft, and a 5139B Accel kit
The 97-98 F150 4.6 took a 3303 Xact, a WR-5934 Motorcraft, and a 5137B Accel kit.
From what I can figure out the coil ends is the same but there must be different lengths and possible different plug ends. Another thing is or at least on the 5.0's is they have a different firing order. Which doesn't really mean all that much I guess.