FW: [Shotimes] Taylor Spark Plug Wires

[Don McKinnon (AST)]

See John Hrinsin's posting below ">" about Accel spiral would wires.  I
bought a set of these based on John's input along with a set of IK20 Iridium
plugs that are ready to go in with the new plug well seals!.

Don McKinnon
95 MTX - White/Mocha 91k miles
Stage 1 Power Package with Stage 1cams
Canyon Carver Road/Race Suspension
Quaife & HiRevs Competition Clutch



>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Hrinsin [mailto:john.hrinsin@mrgasket.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 6:51 PM
>To: shotimes@topica.com
>Subject: RE: Heads up on Motorcraft sparkplug wires
>
>
>Kevin you must have missed my ranting and raving a couple of weeks ago.
>That's good, at least someone did ;)
>
>To keep it very befit, low resistance spiral core wires allow more
>energy to reach the spark plug vs. the high resistance carbon/graphite
>core OE Motorcraft wires.  That's always a good thing, no matter if your
>engine is stock or heavily modified.  AS long as any spark plug wire set
>is made with high quality components and assembled correctly, then they
>will function properly for a good long time.  I have used the ACCEL
>spark plug wires for 22K mile now without any problems.  Summit sells
>the ACCEL p/n 5119K (for both 3.0L and 3.2L applications) for $71.39
>which is less than the Motorcraft wires.
>
http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?target=search.asp%3FType%3Dbysummi
tpart%26Part%3Dacc5119k%26Search.x%3D1%26SearchType%3DBoth


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Steve Tatro
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:47 PM
To: SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Taylor Spark Plug Wires


I'm not saying who's right and who's wrong, but I'll never put Taylor wires
on my SHO.  At least not until the OEM wires are obsolete.  Less ohms does
not equal "superior".

http://www.magnecor.com/magnecor1/truth.htm

Good reading.  They indicate why cheap, spiral-wound wires are not ideal,
and could actually be detrimental.  Also, some of these cheap wires tend to
claim horsepower increases, even though there have been independent studies
showing that low resistence DOES NOT equal more horsepower.

I'm not saying the Taylors (or others) won't initially perform okay.
There's no possible performance gain, but there is potential that these
won't last very long.  That's why I'll stick with OEM.

Later,

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 166k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio

----- Original Message -----
From: <alfitz@alfitz.com>
To: "_SHOTIMES II" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Taylor Spark Plug Wires


> We took the individual TAYLOR wires and tested the resistance on each wire
> compared to the same length FORD wires. The average resistance on the
TAYLOR
> wires is 50 ohms and the FORD wires were 500 ohms resistance, hence the
> factor of 10.
>
> Al Fitzgerald
> alfitz@alfitz.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don McKinnon (AST)" <dmckinnon@asttechlabs.com>
> To: <alfitz@alfitz.com>; "_SHOTIMES II" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 4:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Taylor Spark Plug Wires
>
>
> > Al,
> > What is the factor of 10 measurement?
> >
> >
> >
> > Don McKinnon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of alfitz@alfitz.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:01 PM
> > To: _SHOTIMES II
> > Subject: [Shotimes] Taylor Spark Plug Wires
> >
> >
> > The Taylor spark plug wires are an 8mm wire set that are made for the
SHO.
> > We
> > ordered 3 sets and checked the resistance, comparing it to a set of FORD
> > wires
> > and found the Taylor wires far superior. (by a factor of 10) We
installed
> > three sets on different SHOs and found they work at least as well as the
> > FORD
> > wires. The Taylor wires are less money and better specs than the FORD
> wires.
> >
> > With that said, has anyone else had any experience with the Taylor
wires,
> > specifically the 8mm Spiro Pro Series?
> >
> > Al Fitzgerald
> > alfitz@alfitz.com
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