Chris White

I am playing around with a new project - anybody got any old plug wires that I can play with?

Anybody donating to the cause will get a decent discount on new plug wire sets….

Darwantae951

When I get back I will. I'll be replacing mine...but I can send you my old ones while the car is down.

mtnman82

I have a set that have just been sitting here for a while. I believe they're stock wires and worked just fine when they were on there. PM me an address and I'll send them out this week via USPS (I think I can get them all in a priority mail box).

jdog

I may have a set also.

Own Goal

Puting my engine back together. Care for wires, cap and rotor? Need all new soon but not these. Welcome to them.

Chris White

I just need the plug wires - the more the merrier!
Shoot me an Email and I will get you the shipping address and cover your postage if you would like.

cruise98

I think I have some old ones in a box buried in the abyss of my garage. Are you serious?

gt37vgt

I think he's weaving sprintcar style window nets from them

fast951

Chris, didn't we have a discussion about how you shouldn't be using old parts?? I just changed the oil in my truck, it has 3000 miles on it, should I send it your way? LOL

Chris White

Don't need the oil anymore - heating season is over....!

So all the Vitesse turbos have all new parts?…!

Chris White

Yes please!

Chris White

Ok – I’ll fess up – I have been using Magnacor wires on a lot of my builds and I have now had enough failures that I can’t stand it anymore. There are some decent plug wires out there but not any great ones. Nobody makes a boot to fit the head as well as the stock ones. So I am making up plug wires that can reuse just the factory boots with new wires and coil pack connectors (Electromotive stuff). I chucked all the old stock stuff that I had around here long ago so I need to get my hands on some boots to make up some more test wires. I have a couple of sets being tested and so far they work great.

Anybody scrounging up some used plug wires get shipping paid plus a decent discount on the new wire sets once I have finished testing them out.

fast951

So you are using the new engines as heaters?

Of course, just don't tell anyone!

theedge

Whats been failing on the Magnecores?

Chris White

First off the spark plug boots suck, very easy to rip them if you don’t use plug wire pliers (I get a lot of customer cars with ripped boots). Also easy to not get them fully seated on the plug.

After a couple of remove/reinstall cycles the plug wires do not have a firm positive engagement…no ‘click’ .

The more annoying thing is just a general failure – I have seen about half a dozen sets where there is a miss under boost (over 10psi) that cannot be traced to an ‘obvious’ problem. Replace the Magnecores and the problem goes away. The first time I saw this I spent hours tracking it down – I even pulled the head for an inspection – because I figured the Magnecors were only a couple of months old so it could not be them. In the end it was cured by replacing the plug wires. After the first couple of similar problems I started to call it the ‘Magnecore Skip’!

Brian - I seem to recall you had some odd ignition events? It didn’t sound like the same failure…but you never know!

The other plus on making my own wires is I can make them any length and coil connector style….and if somebody really cares there are different colors available!