Plug Wire Boots Seized ??
#11
There is nothing wrong with a good set of Delco wires. There are probably 100 million sets in use right now.
#12
Aftermarket wires are just much easier to work with.
#13
Maybe that is because the Delco wires had been on the car for a long time, whereas you take the aftermarket wires off on a regular basis.
Like I said, I am not saying the stock wires are bad wires at all, I actually think they are very good wires, they just don't come off very easily compared to they Taylor and MSD wires that are available, and they don't make it easy to set your car up for quick plug changes.
#14
Speaking of the Taylor Wires, I just finished getting mine installed and the heat shields from the original wires are to small to fit on the taylors. I asked around and the thickness of the wires plus being silicon seemed sufficient to run without the heat shields. I've been running them for about 3 days now and I notice a slight smell off the engine almost like wire burning. Is this because they are new? Anyone else notice this? Are you running with heat shields?
I measure the exhaust headers and head surface temperatures that are radiating heat at temperatures of over 600 deg F, after normal driving.
Unless you shield your wires, they will cook.
Most are only rated for 400 deg F max temps.
Shields will drastically increase wire life around the header boot area.
The heat may affect electrical conductivity at the boot to plug connection but the main purpose is to prevent thermal breakdown of the plug wire.
#16
Once after some spirited driving I measured the temps at 750 F.
Of course, as long as they aren't actually touching, the radiant heat temperature will be somewhat less......maybe 600 F
Why chance it. Well it could be the cost of the Taylor boots. They cost me as much as the wires themselves. :( but should pay for themselves by extending the wire life.
That must be why the factory uses a shield on theirs. They usually don't spend money on things that aren't critical to parts outlasting the first year all encompasing warranty where most lease owners (the majority now) use up to almost the limit of the 60,000 km.
Of course, as long as they aren't actually touching, the radiant heat temperature will be somewhat less......maybe 600 F
Why chance it. Well it could be the cost of the Taylor boots. They cost me as much as the wires themselves. :( but should pay for themselves by extending the wire life.
That must be why the factory uses a shield on theirs. They usually don't spend money on things that aren't critical to parts outlasting the first year all encompasing warranty where most lease owners (the majority now) use up to almost the limit of the 60,000 km.
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