Taylor spark plug wires - bad quality
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Drifting
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From: Largo Florida
Taylor spark plug wires - bad quality
I had 1000 miles on these and had abestos boot protecting them when I noticed arcing on one clyinder. So I take them off and found that the spark plug boot was crumbling for the cylinder that was arcing. The rest of them was getting hard and were on there way out. Bear in mind that I have the Delteq ignition system so you can route the wires much farther away from the header tubes. This would have been much worse with the standard opti setup.
I would not recommend these for anyone with headers. I replaced them with MSDs and at least they appeared to be better quality. My mechanic likes the MSDs and he does a lot of high performance engines.
I would not recommend these for anyone with headers. I replaced them with MSDs and at least they appeared to be better quality. My mechanic likes the MSDs and he does a lot of high performance engines.
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I had a set arc on me right out of the box, and no headers just stock manifold. Summit took care of me on them, though.
I had a set arc on me right out of the box, and no headers just stock manifold. Summit took care of me on them, though.
Le Mans Master
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From: Portland Oregon
Originally Posted by ericcer
I had 1000 miles on these and had abestos boot protecting them when I noticed arcing on one clyinder. So I take them off and found that the spark plug boot was crumbling for the cylinder that was arcing. The rest of them was getting hard and were on there way out. Bear in mind that I have the Delteq ignition system so you can route the wires much farther away from the header tubes. This would have been much worse with the standard opti setup.
I would not recommend these for anyone with headers. I replaced them with MSDs and at least they appeared to be better quality. My mechanic likes the MSDs and he does a lot of high performance engines.
I would not recommend these for anyone with headers. I replaced them with MSDs and at least they appeared to be better quality. My mechanic likes the MSDs and he does a lot of high performance engines.
Eric thats rather odd to hear of that happening to Taylors. I have used and installed a lot of them with good results. Could it have been that the added boot that you used could have held in the heat and "baked" the boots until failure? Mind you I am speculating here but I haven't seen this kind of failure with the Taylors or for that matter most any well known brand of wire. It sounds to me that it is a heat issue. Silicone will just crumble and come apart when it does reach its temperature yield point.
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doesn't make sense to me either, I've got the 8mm Taylor Spiro-Pros and they work wonderfully along with my Hooker headers. I think we're talking simply a heat issue here as well.
MSD wires or Taylor wires, heat is heat, and headers will generate significantly more - even if they're coated!
I would suggest that the plug boots all be wrapped in heat tape, coupled with fiberglass-based boot socks....this will go a long way to solving the heat problem we're talking about.
MSD wires or Taylor wires, heat is heat, and headers will generate significantly more - even if they're coated!
I would suggest that the plug boots all be wrapped in heat tape, coupled with fiberglass-based boot socks....this will go a long way to solving the heat problem we're talking about.
Last edited by Red Tornado; Dec 5, 2004 at 01:06 PM.
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Taylor has a great warrantee... makes me thing, with 2 such problems so close to each other, if they are having a materials problem.
Until now, I have NEVER heard a discouraging word about Taylor products.
I am running them on my LTCC equipped LT1.
Until now, I have NEVER heard a discouraging word about Taylor products.
I am running them on my LTCC equipped LT1.
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Hi guys, I have my Taylor's on the car for almost 4 years and never a misfire ,YET. They should be called and give them a chance to look into the problem. When I called them for some advice ,they bent over backward to help me and even made a set of wires for me that they dont normally make, a special color was requested. Les
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From: Marianna FL
About 13 years ago. I don't recall anything about a warranty on them and they were about a month old. I needed new wires, not a phone conversation so I bought new MSD wires and put the Taylors in the trash. Never had a problem with MSD wires.
