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Old Dec 28, 2024 | 01:06 PM
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Ton's spark plug wires

Has anyone tried Ton's spark plug wires? https://tonsperformance.com/products...7afe4e52&_ss=r
 
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Old Dec 28, 2024 | 05:02 PM
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I tried to find any reviews and nothing came up. Looks like you might be the first to try them.

I did find a guy on YouTube that tried two different aftermarket plug wires for the 7.3 and burned through them within a year. He went back to the updated factory plug wires.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2024 | 06:43 PM
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Looks like they just integrated a heat shield on the wires. Why not just buy some DEI heat shield sleeves and put them on your factory wires? I doubt there is any performance gain from the wires they use.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2024 | 11:41 PM
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They do use a very thick ceramic end, which sems to be the place the factory wires burn through.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 05:16 AM
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Why do you need to replace them?

Under what circumstances do the wires burn through?
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 09:04 AM
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For $90/set you could buy 2 sets for cheaper than 8 of the updated FoMoCo wires on Rockauto. The factory revision wires will probably last the whole 150k mile service life. If you believe those will last that long go for it. Even if you buy 2 sets and replace at 75k miles it would be cheaper than going 150k with FoMoCo wires.
 
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Old May 19, 2026 | 07:19 PM
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Resurrecting an old thread, but I just did the DEI sleeves on my '26 7.3 Attached pic shows the first couple ones done. My truck has the D suffix factory wires, which as I understand, have a good track record.
 
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