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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 06:17 AM
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Just curious what everyone swaps to and where you get them? They are so short what did everyone use to determine the best ones to go with? I only have 30k miles on my car and wondering if it is even worth doing seeing how short they are. In the past when we had cars with long wires we would just measure the resistance from one end to the other to pick a winner. In the LS-1 World how has a "Best" been determined and is it really worth it? I only say this because todays wires are supposed to virtually last the lifetime of the car.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 06:44 AM
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I went with MSD.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 06:45 AM
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I did MSD wires when I did my header install. Probably didn't need them, but the "bendable" boots made them real nice to navigate away from the headers.

I'd probably leave them alone if you're not having any problems. But MSD wires are nice.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 07:06 AM
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Msd, Cant Go Wrong
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 07:22 AM
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Taylor good price Thunder Racing
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 07:34 AM
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MSD's are nice. just gotta pull em off right if you need to remove them. I bought mine as a set from the WS6Store (plugs and wires).
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 08:28 AM
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MSD here also
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MSD dumdumdum
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I got MSD wires and NGK TR-55 plugs from TSP for $64 shipped... its on their website. Only 43k on my car, but changing anyways since im doing headers.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by udienow
I got MSD wires and NGK TR-55 plugs from TSP for $64 shipped... its on their website. Only 43k on my car, but changing anyways since im doing headers.

I have the same stuff as him.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by udienow
I got MSD wires and NGK TR-55 plugs from TSP for $64 shipped... its on their website. Only 43k on my car, but changing anyways since im doing headers.
thanks for the referral! Like he said, we have the special for the MSD wires and NGK plugs for $64 shipped (TR55 or TR6). They are a top quality wire for sure!
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MSD here. I had Taylor but a few of them came apart during the last plug change.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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i got the autozone specials for like $35.
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MSD

taylors have broken at the spark plug boot.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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MSD Always.
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yet another MSD user...did headers at 32K miles and figured I'd do plugs and wires while I was down there.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:19 AM
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MSD, because they were on the car when i bought it. but if i was going to buy another set it would be the MSD's.
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msd wires and ngk plugs. you can get them together at ws6store.
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