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Old 10-21-2010, 04:04 PM
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Im canning my screamin deamon coil pack because its acting screwy. I also have "Livewires" and "Autolite Iridium" plugs. Two wires were broken, I pulled the plugs and the sides of them are dark brown to black.

They are a year and a half old and have 25k miles on them. Are they bad or is this normal? I was running rich but I had it tuned by VMP 3 months ago to fix that.

btw do the autolites come pre gapped?

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Old 10-22-2010, 01:03 AM
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Motorcraft coil + MSD wires + NGK TR-5's = WIN!!!!

I run TR-6's for the sake of the blower. It works, it's simple, it's cheap, go with it.
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Old 10-22-2010, 07:04 AM
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Yeah I don't know why the screamin deamon stuff became so popular over known brands, because of their bs claims probably. I agree with Ryan, I had stock coil, msd wires, ngk plugs.
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My plugs dont look "that" bad to be honest so Im going to keep them.. Its the wires and coilpack giving me trouble. I got a Motorcraft coilpack & wires. The MSD's were $100.
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Where did you find msd wires for $100?...
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Old 10-22-2010, 12:10 PM
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Wow, you over paid. Go to www.thunderracing.com they're my local shop. BTW the NGK's are only $14 a set
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No, I said I bought the motorcraft wires. I "found" MSD wires for $100. Im going to keep the autolite plugs I put in a year and a half ago. They don't look that bad. btw are autolites and NGK's pregapped?
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Ah! I know the NGK's are, never used autolite
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I would go ahead and replace your plugs, they may not look bad but that doesn't mean they aren't bad.
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Originally Posted by RyansQuick6
Ah! I know the NGK's are, never used autolite
Cool, I see the Tr-5's are gapped at .035 and the TR-55's are .050, whats the difference, I thought they were suppose to be at .053?
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