Originally posted by JTod:
I had my Ford Racing wires on for about 40,000 miles. Put them on at 60,000 while doing water pump, belts and other assorted maintenance items. When I first installed them the car didn't seem as smooth but I couldn't convince myself I had just spent $60 for nothing so I left them on.
My idle has been less steady lately and the car even died a couple of times. I replaced the IAC but it didn't make much difference. Lately I developed a low rpm miss or stumble, always happened below 3000 rpm. I changed the PCV and put some gas treatment in the tank to no avail.
Finally took the Ford Racing wires off and installed the Autolite Pros ($52 at Advance) - it is like a different car!
No more stumble or miss, steady idle, pulls super smoothly all the way to redline, and the transition at 4,000 is much smoother as well. Those POS Ford Racing wires were bad from the get go and I was too cheap to just yank them off and get something else.
If anyone is still running them I would suggest trying a different set to see if you notice a difference. I never had CEL and couldn't see any physical issues with the wires - carbon tracing or arc marks - but they definitely were bad. My car feels like new.
do the autolite pros come in different colors?
Hugo AIM:omegazodiac
95 gl & 99 contour svt #1750/2760
my profile pics stuff for sale
| 
