Favorite Plug Wires?
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Post Fiend
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From: "Islander"
Take a look into Crane's 8.5mm FireWires at 25 ohms per/ft. Get the universal kit if the don't have a exact plug N go kit, besure to ckeck your plug boot angle. Look for quality not price,a big spark makes for good booms.
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Former Vendor
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Originally Posted by youngphotons
I have 97 ford explorer 5.0L and need to replace plugs and wires. I am trying to decide between Motocraft brand ($99), Autozone brand ($29), and Bosch brand ($60). Do they make any differences and is it worth the extra cost for motocraft? Any suggestions or experience?
Motorcraft has two wire part numbers for the '97 Ford Explorer 5.0. They say use part # WR5777 for Explorers built after 2/17/97 and part number WR5863 for Explorers built before 2/17/97. Standard Motor Products, ACDelco, Powermax, and Airtex also have different wire part numbers for before and after mid February '97. I don't know what happened on Feb. 17th, 1997 that required a change in wires.
Former Vendor
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There should be a decal on the driver's door with the build date (month and year). It is interesting that all the spark plug wire manufacturers including Motorcraft charge less for wires for trucks built after 2/1997. It is nice when prices go down, not up. Maybe something like heat shielding or radio noise shielding was no longer needed after that date because of changes elsewhere in the truck. Just hope that your truck was not made in 2/1997 or you will have to flip a coin to decide which wires to get.
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From: Alberta,Canada
I use Accel 300+ wires on my 460, anything with less than 150 ohms per foot is pretty much acceptable, I check resistance and record each wire and mine have not changed ( 3 years ) They have served me well 
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From: Mackinaw City, MI
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Post Fiend
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From: "Islander"
Crane's FireWire at 25 ohms per/ft made for your motor or their universal wire set you cut to custom fit. Lowest resistance for maximum energy to the plugs and still have suppression protection.
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From: Spokane, WA
Originally Posted by superfsh
Thanks for the feedback.
Anyone have any experience with Taylor?
FSH
Anyone have any experience with Taylor?
FSH
I like the Taylor so far. I just replaced my 7mm with Blue Taylor THunder Pro 8.2mm wires on my 66 f-250 352V8. While I didn't change the spark plugs at the same time (going to do that this wekend) I noticed a much smoother idle. I also noted that my idle RPMs went from 800 to around 900. Couldn't really tell of any HP gain, but according to taylor their dyno tests showed an avg of 6 to 8 HP gain. SO I don't think I would even notice anyway unless I was actually running the truck at the track. Plus the blue wires look much better in the truck than the black wires with orange boots. I'll also have to track the gas mileage to see if there are any improvements. Last time I actually calculated it it was around 12.75 MPG.
Travis
1958 Mercury Monterey 4dr sedan 383 V8
1966 F-250 Custom Cab/Camper Special 352V8
1997 Explorer 4dr XLT AWD 302 V8
Post Fiend
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From: "Islander"
Taylor's Thunder 8.2's have 50 ohms per/ft, Crane's FireWire 25 ohms per/ft.
You can guess what wires I run on my three computer controlled fuel injected vehicles without any ignition interference problems.
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You can guess what wires I run on my three computer controlled fuel injected vehicles without any ignition interference problems.
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My son put a set of the Form Racing 9mm wires on his '77 model 460 and I like them so well I jerked the Taylor 8mm Spiro Pro Series off the 302 in my '65 F100 and replaced them with the Ford Racing 9mms. I hated the Taylors because it seemed like every time I'd change plugs I'd pull the metal connector off at least one of the Taylors.
I'm now a real fan of the Ford Racing wires. I don't think you could pull the metal connectors off them if you tried.
I'm now a real fan of the Ford Racing wires. I don't think you could pull the metal connectors off them if you tried.