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03-15-2005, 04:14 PM

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RE: Spark plugs & wires

just get those motor sport ones im waiting for mine right now ,,and mt black v. cover with red letting ,,say ford racing// with red wires of course

03-15-2005, 05:45 PM

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RE: Spark plugs & wires

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ORIGINAL: Djs94stang

FMS= Ford Motorsport. The 9mm insulation is important if you are running higher voltages. You need the insulation to prevent cross arcing from one wire to the next. Granted, any 8mm will probably work fine but the extra insulation doesn't hurt. I have an MSD box on mine with the 9mm wires and all is good. Someone out there mentioned that they had an MSD coil...keep an eye on it. Mine crapped out after two years. The case disintigrated and the spark was arcing out the coil bracket. I got stuck in my driveway one day when I went to use the car. When I looked at the coil closely I could tell that the material used to encase the coil was cheap. Nothing like the OEM coil. That's the second aftermarket coil that didn't last.....the other was a Jacobs (on a different vehicle).

do you post on the corral.net? i know i have heard that story on there before. i too have heard lots of negative things about msd, especially their boxes. i know lots of people had had them for years without a hiccup though. i guess some people get lemons. (crane cams box here)

03-15-2005, 06:45 PM

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RE: Spark plugs & wires

the reason their boxes fail is due to heat..don't put them in the engine compartment and you'll be fine

03-16-2005, 12:57 AM

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RE: Spark plugs & wires

ooops, thanks dj, I didn't realize FMS was Ford Motorsport at first [sm=sorry.gif]

03-16-2005, 09:09 AM

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Djs94stang

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RE: Spark plugs & wires

No...never posted there...I'm actually fairly new to the forum thing. My issue is with the coils. The MSD box that I have...I've had for about 10 years and had it on two different vehicles. I assume it is still working..LOL.