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Old Apr 22, 2003 | 03:55 PM
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Accel 9000 Extreme Wires

Anyone use them? Also do you like them? Any problems? etc.
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 04:05 PM
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I use them on the TA and seem to work good, but i did burn number #7 on my headers cause i didnt zip-tie them away from the headers. They are thick so if your car still have the A/C unit it might be a tad hard to squeeze it behind it. For me it was easy cause i dont have my A/C unit.

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Old Apr 22, 2003 | 04:24 PM
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Junk. Me and a friend both ran them, with the same results.....misfires. They worked great at first, then went downhill from there. Had one short out on me, and another get a pretty high resistance measurement (and should have been the lowest, since it was the short #1 wire). Their heat protection is a joke too.

I'll never buy another set. I've also played the MSD wire game, and I suggest against them as well. The Moroso's looked nice, but when I installed a set, one of the connectors going onto the opti broke, so I took that back for a refund. God knows what wire I'm gonna try next to see if I'll be happy w/ it (currently running on a different set of borrowed MSD wires ).

Luckily, it is cake to do wires on my car.
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 04:37 PM
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has anyone used taylor made wires?
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 05:57 PM
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taylors are very poor quality! i have actually had great luck with my MSDs so far and im sure someone will say the same thing about the taylors. really, if you dont lay them over headers or up against anything hot then they should last a long time.
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 06:06 PM
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thanks for the input...I've had bad luck with my spitfire dual mags too I'm looking for something better

Are the Accel racing spirals any good?
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 06:43 PM
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I had good luck with my Accel 9000s
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 08:20 PM
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I like my Accel 9000s too.
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 08:25 PM
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My accel 9000s have been nothing but good to me.
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 10:07 PM
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I've been running the same set of 9000 Extremes for 2 1/2 years without a problem.
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 10:26 PM
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Cool

Originally posted by Derrick Redd
I've been running the same set of 9000 Extremes for 2 1/2 years without a problem.
ditto

45,000 miles

ready to change em out for a new set.

routed stock
Old Apr 22, 2003 | 10:40 PM
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OMG THIS IS SO CONFUSING!!!

There's like a huge circle here!

"i hate taylors, msd are great"
"i hate msd, accel are great"
"i hate accel, taylor are great"
"i hate taylors, msd are great"
"i hate msd, accel are great"
"i hate accel, taylor are great"

Old Apr 23, 2003 | 01:09 AM
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Cool

My Extreems lasted for almost a year,till the dam coil wire would not stay on anymore.Used a stock coil wire after that,then developed a spongy kinda performance at high rpms.Changed to MSD's a couple of years ago,and the coil wire did last amost a year,now back to stock coil wire.I'm getting ready to go back to stock wires,because I don't have headers.I think Accel products are not very good quality.My02
Old Apr 23, 2003 | 06:41 AM
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Well,

I've been happy with my Accel coil, that's the reason I am looking into the Accel wires. After having such bad luck with the delco wires, then the Splitfire wires, I wanted to try something different. Since the results are so mixed and they do come with a lifetime warranty, I guess they are worth a shot.
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