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Old May 24, 2001 | 10:51 PM
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Wires..Tayler or MSD?

I was just wondering witch wire is better. I know they are both pretty good and I cant choose! Help me out!
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Old May 24, 2001 | 11:53 PM
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I've used Taylor before, and fried them pretty quick on the headers. The MSD Superconductors I use now are much more heat tolerant, not to mention they have all 90* plug ends which makes for better header clearance.
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Old May 25, 2001 | 12:15 AM
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They're all the same. I like MSD for the same reasons, all 90 and they seem to be very well made.

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Old May 25, 2001 | 01:56 AM
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So far MSD has been good to me.

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Old May 26, 2001 | 12:05 AM
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I got Taylors with 90* boots. No problems with headers. Lifetime waranty. $60.00
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Old May 26, 2001 | 12:21 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JPrevost:
They're all the same. I like MSD for the same reasons, all 90 and they seem to be very well made.

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Have to disagree on that.

I got a new set of Taylor's ohm'd the first wire and it was 1,800 which is pretty high for a new "quality" wire. A friend of mine got MSD's they ohm'd at 100 or less, in fact most were under 50 and the longest ones were about 80.

While don't really endorse any manufacture, I belive one should always ohm out any wire BEFORE putting it on the car. Otherwise, you make be replacing a old wire that's actually better than the new wire that has high resistance.
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Old May 26, 2001 | 06:16 AM
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Good post man. I am glad some people on here do the research and the testing so we all know for sure. Thank you.

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Old Jun 1, 2001 | 02:02 PM
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I went ahead and choose MSD. Their reading sounds pretty persueasive. I ordered the cap and rotor, superconductor wires, and a blaster coil. Hopefully i will be able to tell a difference. Thanks
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Old Jun 2, 2001 | 07:43 AM
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All of my Taylor QUALITY wires ohm'd out to 0!
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Old Jun 2, 2001 | 09:24 PM
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Now that's not gonna happen unless you are running solid cores, man. 0 ohms = No resistance just can't happen with suppression core wires. Better get a new multimeter or stop checking them while in the shower
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Old Jun 2, 2001 | 10:43 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Arctic White 91 RS:
Have to disagree on that.

I got a new set of Taylor's ohm'd the first wire and it was 1,800 which is pretty high for a new "quality" wire. A friend of mine got MSD's they ohm'd at 100 or less, in fact most were under 50 and the longest ones were about 80.

While don't really endorse any manufacture, I belive one should always ohm out any wire BEFORE putting it on the car. Otherwise, you make be replacing a old wire that's actually better than the new wire that has high resistance.
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So you got a bad wire! WOW.
Taylor's are very good wires, so are MSDs, Accel and Moroso. I agree with checking the wires, that's smart, but I wouldn't talk **** about Taylor's if you got ONE bad wire.
Test the wires, got a bad one, return it, it's that easy, go to a local store and buy off the shelf, test in the store and leave a happy camper.

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