New plug wires are garbage!

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Changing out plug wires and 3 of the new wires are bad out the box. (Cheep o wires)

Returned that set and got a set of MSD street fire wires.

Turns out 3 of these wires won't fire (not the same 3), I go to pull the end off the plug and the the dam end stays on the plug and the wire is up in the boot. I'm trying to push the wire out the end of the boot (to recrimp) and they won't come out. It's like the boot is glued on?

My old jegs wires (cut to length ) lasted 5 years before 2 fell out the clip and hit the header...

Dammit I guess making your own wires is the only way to get good ones????

What gives, are the street fire wires glued to the boot?

I realy expected more from MSD....
 
I use the MSD Super Conductor wires. No issues, they work great!

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I don't know what the deal is, the cap, rotor and plugs are new.

MSD 6AL and the coil is good as it shocked the piss out of me when the wire pulled the end off..... after that I pulled the suspect wires with the car not running...
 
+1 to MSD Super Conductors. All I've ever used and will continue to use.

Get the cut to fit wires. Not very hard at all to put together, and well worth the extra effort to make sure you run them clean.
 
Taylor, not that expensive and hold up.
I put them on all my cars.
 
I've have a ready made set of wires by Accel on my truck. Had them on it almost three years now and they work great. I don't know why everybody is down on them. I have no complaints.
 
I don't know what the deal is, the cap, rotor and plugs are new.

MSD 6AL and the coil is good as it shocked the piss out of me when the wire pulled the end off..... after that I pulled the suspect wires with the car not running...
daaaaaah... :rofl: - I'm terribly sorry... - - - - - that I couldn't be there to witness that!!! :lol:
 
yeah the Car Quest $20 wires are crap. I rebuilt an engine for a friend and 1 year later he calls and says its running like crap, I went and looked at it, ended up replacing the plug wires, ran great. Do yourselves a favor and spend $50 on plug wires, the low end ones arent worth the hassle. I have always liked the Bosch wires on my daily drivers.
 
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Ran the Taylor Spiro Pros, Moroso Blue Maxes, are my favorite, damn pricey.. Been running the MSD Street Fire cut to fit, the insulation might be breaking off, after ten years...
 
...I go to pull the end off the plug and the the dam end stays on the plug and the wire is up in the boot. I'm trying to push the wire out the end of the boot (to recrimp) and they won't come out. It's like the boot is glued on?

My old jegs wires (cut to length ) lasted 5 years before 2 fell out the clip and hit the header...

Dammit I guess making your own wires is the only way to get good ones????

What gives, are the street fire wires glued to the boot?

I realy expected more from MSD....

I doubt they are glued on. Silicone is nearly impossible to glue. Try some silicone spray or WD40... try to get it between the wire and the boot. I think they get stuck together and just need some lubrication.
 
m? e... I just go to the boneyard and hunt old slant cars. for plug wires...... us slant guys are cheap... how good a wire does it take to make a 70 hp engine run anyway!?? ha
 
IIRC there was an MSD advertisement in a mag that had a cylinder head suspended from 1 MSD wire on a plug. I bet they are bonded to the cable. Remember the old Mallory blue wire in a roll for $7 at SuperShops?
 
Firecore 50 cut to lenght and come numbered been using them for 6 years now..
 
dielectric grease and pull them off by the boot on the connector...not the wire.
 
I just replaced my super conductors with a set of Mopar Performance 8mm silicone beauty's . They come with the plug end on and you cut and fit the cap end , I had to get a set of Standard 's hei style cap ends to use with the msd cap because the super conductors are 8.5 mm and it made a differrence .I find a little dish soap between the wire and the boot gets em to slide out , try pulling tgem through with a pair of needle nose , cut tge brass off then pull them back through .

ps only 100 bucks cdn less than half the price of the msd stuff and pretty blue to boot
 
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