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Old Sep 20, 2005 | 11:36 PM
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Spark Plug wire question

I just got my Taylor wires today. I didn't have time to change all of them. So I just put the coil wire on to replace the original one that was arcing. The Taylor coil wire started arcing immediately. I can't tell you how P.O'd I am right now. Is there anything that can cause this besides the wire. Like to much resistance or something. They seem like great wires but I mean it's like I never swapped the wire with the new one. Still sputtering. On your cars does the end of the coil wire that goes to the OPTI lay against the water pump?
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 11:48 PM
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Sounds like a faulty set, there have been many complaint posts about Taylor wires. In the general tech board there is a thread right now dedicated to faulty Taylor wires.
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 11:50 PM
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F---!!!!
Old Sep 20, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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did you assemble the wire?
Old Sep 21, 2005 | 12:05 AM
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No, I bought the ones that were pre-assembled.
Old Sep 21, 2005 | 12:09 AM
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Has anyone heard about the Jeg's branded wires? They are $29.99 from Jeg's. I wouldn't get them because I thought they might be crappy and cheap, but from the looks of it, they couldn't be any worse that these $50.00 Taylor's I bought.
Old Sep 21, 2005 | 12:14 AM
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Check out www.elitesparkplugs.com, they have awesome quality wire sets and you can get a set there for 50.00
Old Sep 21, 2005 | 12:18 AM
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Well I'm going to see what Thunder Racing wants to do. I hear good things, I guess it's not their fault the wires were bad. I emailed them and told them that I'd like a replacement set or I'd pay the difference for a set of MSD 8.5mm wires and send these back.
Old Sep 21, 2005 | 12:31 AM
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In my past experience with Thunder Racing, they have always shown good customer service, you should be alright.
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