Plug Wires

[tpunx99GSX]

ok so i got new wires a couple weeks ago.
the stock wires were nice but i wanted to see what difference it would make if i put 8mm Accel wires on. My car got slower, WTF.anybody know why this would happen, tomarrow im going back to checker and returning the wires.

[Matt D.]

Tom, just because you got wires doesn't mean that was the only factor that made your car slower. Weather conditions play a factor as well as numerous other things. Did you install them correctly, making sure they're pushed into the spark plug and coil pack all the way?

Hell, for all we know your butt dyno is broken... But don't blame something as simple as spark plug wires for your car "feeling" slower without solid data.

[Kracka]

*If* you installed the wires correctly I highly doubt they would make your car feel slower. What else did you change at the same time or around the same time? There is a possibility that the wires are faulty, but that can be checked simply by hooking up an ohm meter and measuring the resistance. The guys at Checker should be able to do that for you if you don't have a multi-function voltage meter.

[tpunx99GSX]

im not stupid when it comes to this shit guys, the wires werre installed correctly they are plugged in all the way and my car is noticably slower. fuck the accel wires im going to get the regular ones, and maybe get some uicp.

[Kracka]

Get some Taylor or NGK wires...Taylors are around $70 and the NGK's $45.

[JiN]

You had to have made a boo boo or something. Cuz I have 9.5mm Tsudo ones, and my car started faster, and wasn't slower by any means.

[MATCHBX]

I have 8mm Accel Thundersports on mine and Terina's and they made a noticable difference. Did you change your plugs at the same time? If not, maybe the extra energy supplied to them basically (for lack of better words) fried your old plugs. Personally I would never JUST change wires without doing plugs at the same time.

Don't take it the wrong way when someone asks if you put them on properly. It's not very difficult for a "professional" to not get a wire all the way down and making good contact. Did you put any dialectric grease on the terminals before you put them in? That would make a difference, especially if you didn't change the plugs.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Plug wires should never make a difference unless the previous set were bad. The exception are Nology's which just suck. You don't want a capacitor in your wires fucking with your spark timing.

[Kracka]

Originally posted by ecoli@Jun 10 2004, 08:47 PM
You don't want a capacitor in your wires fucking with your spark timing.
Got in an argument with some ricer up in Duluth about those things, finally I gave up and he ended up buying them and in-turn his car ran goofy.

[john]

Originally posted by ecoli@Jun 10 2004, 08:47 PM
Plug wires should never make a difference unless the previous set were bad. The exception are Nology's which just suck. You don't want a capacitor in your wires fucking with your spark timing.
Agreed, as why I am still on the year old stock wires. Nothing wrong with them so why should I swap them? As long as they the old ones are functioning properly, there is no reason to waste the money.

Tom, if I were you, I would return the wires (not because they made the car slower though) and buy a upper ic pipe or save up for some fuel mods and a supra IC. You can find a pump for $100, 550's for $200, and a SAFC for ~$200. They would be a lot better baang for your buck than the wires.