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Old 05-29-2007, 09:20 PM
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I put msd wires on my 98 z28 not to long ago with a set of ngk tr55s,Ran good but had a lil miss, Now I want to spray so i put in ngk tr6s the other day, Now my car has a rough miss at idle in gear,Way worse than before, Has anybody had any bad luck with the msd wires? I cant spray till I fix this well I dont want to till I fix this, Thanks for any info

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I have personally, and along with 2 of friends have had the same problem with them. Why? I don't know but tons of people have been fine with them. I the stock bosch's back on and started running fine. I guess it's hit or miss from what I see with MSDs.
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Cool, I am going to contact them just for the hell of it and buy a set of Ac delcos, Thanks
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I recommend double and triple checking the connections, listen for a nice soild click. The short wires on these cars tend slide on without making a good connection, and cause small miss.

I've ran MSD wires a couple times in the past without issue. Currently using the red GMPP wires.
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Originally Posted by flippincamaro
I put msd wires on my 98 z28 not to long ago with a set of ngk tr55s,Ran good but had a lil miss, Now I want to spray so i put in ngk tr6s the other day, Now my car has a rough miss at idle in gear,Way worse than before, Has anybody had any bad luck with the msd wires? I cant spray till I fix this well I dont want to till I fix this, Thanks for any info
i'd make sure all the wires clicked on the plugs all the way. if that doesn't work, check the plugs themselves. i got the 8.5 super cond. wires, no problem at all.
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Thanks, I checked them earlier, I dont think they were locked in man they are a bitch to lock in, Hopefully this works i havent tried to drive it yet,
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Originally Posted by flippincamaro
Thanks, I checked them earlier, I dont think they were locked in man they are a bitch to lock in, Hopefully this works i havent tried to drive it yet,
indeed, they are a bitch to get to click on. you need to make sure the top part (coil pack part) clicks twice. many people have had misses due to the wires not being on all the way
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Definately sounds like a wire or two not on all the way.
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Yup, I got them all on better now, But still have a idle in gear miss, Not near as bad though, They are all on there now, I wonder if I screwed up a plug or two?




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