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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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Check out the pic below. This happens to about 1 out of every 4 cars i work on with Taylor wires. I do know how to pull wires off, i don't just grab the wire and yank on them. i've probably pulled of thousands of wires and these are by far the worst at coming apart. In a distant second place are stock wires that have 1,000,000 miles on them.
Now i can and do put the wires back together good as new, but this shouldn't be happening with expensive "high performance" wires.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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Same thing happened to one of mine. I'll never buy Taylors again.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 09:37 PM
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my taylors work just fine and have been off and on my car more than i would care for

they take alot of abuse , resting right up against the headers ....... cant say that for other plug wire companies ,
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:16 PM
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yep has happened to me also., stockers I think are the way to go.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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I have some custom made Phillips wires since my stock ones came apart.
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 11:15 AM
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Yup, exact same problems we had with the mustangs.

The GMPP wires and the MSD's have worked well on my LS1 cars.
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 12:41 PM
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Stockers or MSD's are best.
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 12:52 PM
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I have the same problem with Taylor's. Every time I pull them off I have one that separates like that. I keep a box of spares in my garage just in case. Eventually I'll go with MSD or GMPP wires.
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 02:30 PM
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i had same problem.. ill never buy them again
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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Never had any problems with my 10.5 thunder volts. Had them on and off several times with no problems..
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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I've had my Taylor 8mm wires on and off about 5 times since I bought them and haven't had a problem. The reason that I went with the Taylors is because one of my MSD 8.5s came apart just like in the picture above. My local speed shop didn't have any MSD 8.5s in stock so I went with the Taylor 8mm wires since I had to have them that day. That was the first time that my MSD wires were pulled off, and one of them broke. I pulled it by the boot too. Both MSD and Taylor are good wires in my opinion, just gotta be careful with them.
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by silver02Z
Never had any problems with my 10.5 thunder volts. Had them on and off several times with no problems..
Ditto, I swear by the things. There's hardly any resistance in these wires at all.

I'll probably buy another set with my new motor.

That's a shitty problem to have though...
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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i've broken 3 of them the same way.

I carry 5 extras in my trunk.

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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 08:20 PM
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same here, 3 wires broke in my set , went with a set of new stockers and nary a problem. 8mm spirco's = :trud:
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 08:22 PM
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Every set of Taylor wires I've owned have done that. I hate Taylor wires too
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 02:11 AM
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Looks like an issue with an over zealous crimper. I have seen every brand of wire come apart, but mostly when the boots are pulled before being twisted once to break it loose from the plug, or when no dielectric grease was used. However, I do stay with stock.
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 09:23 AM
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I also switched to MSD's after my taylors did that I had the 10.5 thundervolts and they came apart although I did take them off 4-5 times and they where on for 2 years. I probably won't use taylors again but if I can get 2 years out of wires at $50 a set then I'd say thats not too bad.
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