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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 02:32 PM
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any recommendation for plugs and wires
im leaning on taylor wires and ac iridium plugs
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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Am using MSD red wires and they've been a good improvement to stock, for me it's a trusted brand

Plugs, many threads are around for replacement brands
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The type of wire you use doesn't matter. With that said, save yourself some money and just get the GMPP wires and the AC Delco Iridium plugs.
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I prefer copper plugs. I don't mind shorter change intervals
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Originally Posted by Dcollins3208
I prefer copper plugs. I don't mind shorter change intervals
Copper does provide greater conductivity and are great if you don't mind changing them out every 20k miles. The Iridium plugs provide a longer lifespan. When my Iridiums need to be replaced I'm probably going to go with copper.
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NGK plugs and LG Motorsports wires. They have insulation molded in if you have headers.
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Originally Posted by jadoux
Am using MSD red wires and they've been a good improvement to stock,
hahaha thats funny.
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Used the MSD's, removed them due to issues with getting them correctly installed. Now running NGK copper plugs (TR5 for stock) and GM C6 Z06 wires with the 90 degree spark plug boot.
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I went with the ac plugs and ac performance red wires, since they were probably going to work and fit as well as possible. There is not a lot of new tech available to apply to wires and plugs.
Plus most of the knowledgable people here said that was the way to go.

Conductivity of the electrode is not an issue, the ignition spark is plenty hot. With the computer controlled fuel mixtures, everything is tightly controlled and changing around plugs and wires won't get you anything special. Kind of like changing a cord on your table lamp. You can do it, but don't expect different performance.

I wish the guys who just like to hang around and change plugs every once in a while for extra fun would hang around my car for a while. My car could use a more time intensive approach to the stewardship.

Taylor wires are a name brand, I have nothing against any quality brand. I did go to a Corvette restoration seminar that gave me a guideline on selecting parts. They said if price is not the issue, go with GM parts. A restoration , not a performance perspective, but solid enough advice for a guy at my corvette skill level. Makes for easier parts selection in my case, I mostly have only non computer car experience.

The new plugs are said to come pre gapped, but I had to set a couple of mine to the absolute correct gap. Two of the openings were outside of my personal tolerances. And since they will be in there for probably 80, 000 plus miles, I figured I'd make an extra push for a good effort. Plus I wanted to tighten up my idle, as the old plugs were set at the old gap spec.
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