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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 09:37 AM
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Any update on this with ohms resistance on the Vengence wires? Looking to purchase ASAP...
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 06:56 PM
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Call 'em up! If they won't tell you, pass on them.
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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I just bought the Vengeance racing wires 26-30 ohms resistance. The Taylor thunderbolt 50 10mm wires were on my car several years we're 300+ ohms resistance. The quality is great and i've always had good results dealing with VRD.
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 08:12 PM
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26-30 is pretty good! You should notice some better engine response.
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 11:26 AM
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Thanks fellers. I'm going to purchase some today along with new NGK plugs.
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by HibachiZ28
Thanks fellers. I'm going to purchase some today along with new NGK plugs.
i'm hoping you'll give our wires a try. you may already have your preference, but i guarantee you won't be disappointed in the quality and the performance of our wires.

i also want to thank everyone who've said something about our wires. what you guys say is a huge deal for companies like ours. it's our feedback and we're glad to see it's on the positive side.

if you guys ever have any questions, concerns, or issues... p.m. me here or give us a call @ 805-486-6644.

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to answer a question i saw brought up, our ignition products do carry a LIFETIME warranty.
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 05:20 PM
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I'll gladly attest to Granatelli Motor Sports wire's quality. I won't buy or use anything else.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 06:10 AM
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I have bad luck with Taylor wires... Got msd and never had an issue. MSD's have about 50000 miles on a H/C car making 450rwhp.
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Taylors suck-they arc.The nicest plug wire you'll find are the zero Ohm wires at Granatelli Motorsports. They claim some gains but whether they help your numbers or not, they're beautiful wires and have a great warranty.
My Taylor 10.5's have been on for 8 years and still working fine.
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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My Taylor 10.5's have been on for 8 years and still working fine.
Some are lucky. It's less of a problem with LS engines as they're pretty short.

Run the engine in the dark looking at the wires. Rev the engine. Arcing/glowing?
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Still no issues with my Granatelli's after a full summer of hard track use.They havent deformed or become loose like my previous very crappy set of msd's that barely last me a year and a half.I sold my old msd wires for a mere $20.Plug wires dont make power..they just help dictate how efficient a motor runs..better efficiency can result in more power.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by WS6RED2002TA
I have bad luck with Taylor wires... Got msd and never had an issue. MSD's have about 50000 miles on a H/C car making 450rwhp.
Ditto, my Tayolrs fell apart the first time I took them off.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by granatelli sales
i'm hoping you'll give our wires a try. you may already have your preference, but i guarantee you won't be disappointed in the quality and the performance of our wires.

i also want to thank everyone who've said something about our wires. what you guys say is a huge deal for companies like ours. it's our feedback and we're glad to see it's on the positive side.

if you guys ever have any questions, concerns, or issues... p.m. me here or give us a call @ 805-486-6644.

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to answer a question i saw brought up, our ignition products do carry a LIFETIME warranty.
I'm debating between you guys and Vengeance. I shot you all a PM. Thanks!
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 01:57 PM
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Just placed an order for the Vengeance wires and NGK plugs. Can't wait to get 'em, hoping for this weekend!
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 06:06 PM
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I've heard good things about the Vengance wires but I think the Granatelli wires have the edge.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Bell
Some are lucky. It's less of a problem with LS engines as they're pretty short.

Run the engine in the dark looking at the wires. Rev the engine. Arcing/glowing?

Yes. This is something I do time to time. I also spray them down with water with spray bottle while it's running from time to time. Old tricks learned from my cam head uncles long ago.
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(Directed towards our friends LS1tech forums members Formallyknownas_Stig and granatelli_sales)

It was brought to my attention by another member that a warranty claim for a spark plug wire purchased in 2012 was refused.

I do see that wire sets are no longer covered by a lifetime warranty (from the website):

" Ignition coil packs and ignition wires purchased directly from Granatelli Motor Sports, Inc. or an authorized reseller / distributor have a limited one year warranty from the date of purchase as of May, 5 2014 (05/05/2014)."

Could you please clarify, do wire sets purchased when the original lifetime warranty was offered BEFORE the warranty policy change on 05/05/2014 still carry a lifetime warranty? Or have they lost their lifetime warranty?

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Old Dec 23, 2015 | 07:42 PM
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OK folks, we have some more info here: https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls1tech-s...tied-life.html
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(This was addressing Granatelli Motor Sport's response in the other thread. -PB)

I'll post this here too,

"After the second time of having some of the wires warrantied for the metal crimp ends separating from the wires I threw them away and went back to MSD wires. Yes I was removing the wires correctly but it didn't matter.

I've removed dozens of sets if not hundreds of OEM wires w/ 50k+ miles on them that didn't break but after 3k miles I had four of your wires break?

I know you advertise your wires gain power over OEM wires but I saw absolutely zero gains over my MSD's on the dyno, back to back runs, everything being the same.

The only thing nice about your wires are the heat sleeves...that's it."

I rarely, rarely ever bash a product, sponsor or part. After replacing four Gran' MAF's and my plug wire experience I will never buy anything from them and tell that to everyone I know.

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