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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 12:50 AM
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Hey people,

I'm looking to change the spark plugs as well as the wires before taking the car out for this summer. I thought about NGK spark plugs and Accel wires 8.8mm maybe. Has anyone a sugesstion to make? Like a specific part number? I havent checked yet about the wires, but since it's all individual coils, the wires shouldn't be too long. The car barely has any mods yet, just a Volant CAI, smooth below and Ported/polish MAF. It shouldn't change anything yet, but this summer, if all goes well, there's gonna be a whole exhaust on that, with a small tuning. So any idea about a specific spark-plug/wire set-up?

The car is a 98 Formula btw.

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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 01:37 AM
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I run NGK TR-55 with MSD wires and I have 0 problems with them.
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by c0ncEpT
I run NGK TR-55 with MSD wires and I have 0 problems with them.
I've got the same on my C5. First, I checked out the NGK and MSD websites for the details. I got my 8.5mm wires thru Summit Racing. I think I got my plugs at Kragens. Good combo. I bought a set of KoolSox at Summit too to help keep the heat off the wires, plus they look cool!!
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by c0ncEpT
I run NGK TR-55 with MSD wires and I have 0 problems with them.
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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no need for reeally expensive and fat wires....the coil per cylinder design puts minimal stress on the resistence issue with wires.

taylor spiro-pros on my car for 3 yrs...no issues. and they were under $50

oh...and NGK tr55 gapped to .060"

for the 4x $$$ of plats...they aren't worth it.
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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stockers here with ngks and no problems
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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I like the MSD wires because you can shape the boot. Depending on your headers, you may need this feature. I use TR6's cuz I spray...
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+1 on the MSD wires and TR6 plugs there great
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TR55 & Magnecor wires. Believe they have a good warranty.

www.magnecor.com
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If you get the TR55's at advance ask for part number 3951, otherwise theres a 99% chance they'll try to sell you tr5's.
I've been running them for 4 years and love them.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 05:58 PM
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end of discussion, go here -----> www.ws6store.com
and go to ignition, then click plug wires, and then click the first option. Its a set of MSD wires and TR55 plugs for $70.99, you cant beat that
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^ Damn that is a pretty sweet deal, thanks for posting that. When i did my heads and exhaust i put in TR55s with MSD wires, when i did my cam i did TR6s with Taylor 10.4 wires. I'll probably go back to TR55s and MSD wires after seeing the deal posted above.
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Originally Posted by chuckyt1
I like the MSD wires because you can shape the boot. Depending on your headers, you may need this feature. I use TR6's cuz I spray...
Same here. I used MSD because you can move the boot around, plus if you run in the NMCA, they pay out for contingency.

I run the NGK TR55 plugs because I am all motor.
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MSD all the way
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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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grannatelli and the ngk iridiums,
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ngk tr5's and autozone duralast wires lol work good for me but then again they've only been on since sunday
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you could always go wth custom MSD 8.5 wires..,. pm me
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