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FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633300 05/13/03 06:23 AM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 570 USA Earth F FLuiDSVT_dup1 OP Veteran CEG\'er
OP FLuiDSVT_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er F Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 570 USA Earth	Just as Hoosier's thread drops off..yet another. The rundown: Car started to miss at low rpm off idle to 3000 rpm. Then cleared up and ran fine. Started on Saturday and I first though it was bad gas. I ran my tank out on the highway as much as possible then got a fresh tank of 91. I also threw in a bottle of tried and trued Heet. It still had the miss, and was very consistent. I pulled the plugs last night to check for a fouled or soaked plug. All of them looked brand new and were still gapped correctly. They are new with only 8K miles on them. I always use anti-seize and dialectric grease. Car was not throwing any codes. Today I changed the wires to my original set with 50K miles on them. Thank god I saved them. Never throw out parts!! Started the car up and took it for a drive. I could tell right away that the miss was gone!!! Kept driving to build some heat and still no miss! So my Ford Motorsport spark plug wires only lasted 38,000 miles. Not too impressive! I am going to cut them apart tomorrow. I'll be looking into a new set of stock wires or some Magnecore's if Bill's price on the stockers is to high. I will not be running FMS wires ever again!! Too bad MSD doesn't make Super Conductor's for the Duratec.

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633301 05/13/03 12:21 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 160 Southeastern PA K KurtD CEG\'er
KurtD CEG\'er K Joined: May 2003 Posts: 160 Southeastern PA	Originally posted by FLuiDSVT: Too bad MSD doesn't make Super Conductor's for the Duratec. According to BAT's catalog, the FMS (Ford Racing?) wires are made by MSD. Stock wires are ~$94 + shipping from fordpartsonline (~$122 from my local dealer ). The Magnecor 8.5 mm set is ~$125 + shipping from BAT. I'm gonna save up, run the original stock wires (46K mi & still running OK) for a while yet and then get the Magnecor's. '95 Contour SE, MTX, Champagne '03 EB Expedition, Med Wedgewood Blue

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633302 05/13/03 01:38 PM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,714 Grafton, WI H hetfield_dup1 Scourge of the Master Debaters
hetfield_dup1 Scourge of the Master Debaters H Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,714 Grafton, WI	I'm curious to know, what plugs are you running? Beer is my Gatorade. Hooray Beer. '98 "Sport" Pacific Green '98 E0 SVT Silver Frost Pictures

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633303 05/13/03 03:14 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 624 Near Myrtle Beach, SC H HoosierContour_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
HoosierContour_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er H Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 624 Near Myrtle Beach, SC	I am curious too. I want to guess Autolites. Because that was what I was running. Please Do Tell. Split that boot and scan us a picture. Sold 1998 Contour LX 13.868 sec 1/4 mile time. Two years of rental cars, seriously. Holding out for 07 Cobra Mustang.

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633304 05/13/03 04:38 PM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 570 USA Earth F FLuiDSVT_dup1 OP Veteran CEG\'er
OP FLuiDSVT_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er F Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 570 USA Earth	I am running Autolite APP764 plugs. I will split the boots today!!

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633305 05/13/03 06:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,508 The Ninth State E Ed98.5SVT Hard-core CEG'er
Ed98.5SVT Hard-core CEG'er E Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,508 The Ninth State	I am glad you guys are posting this info now considering I just put these wires on 3 weeks ago. My luck with timing I guess. It will be interesting to see if more posts come along as more people get higher mileage on their wires. 1998.5 E1 SVT Contour #5482/6535

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633306 05/13/03 07:01 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 217 SE Michigan T TSIN03SE CEG\'er
TSIN03SE CEG\'er T Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 217 SE Michigan	Hoosier, Are you implying there might be some difference between the Motorcraft and Autolite spark plugs? My interest is piqued..,

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633307 05/13/03 08:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 157 Vegas baby Vegas T tomtoursvt CEG\'er
tomtoursvt CEG\'er T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 157 Vegas baby Vegas	Are these the same Ford 9mm Racing wires I just installed on my car a week ago?????? 98 SVT E0 T-Red E1 engine resonator removed K&N w/ MAF adapter 20% tint Ford Trans. cocktail Ford 9mm Racing Wires DMD

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633308 05/13/03 08:13 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 624 Near Myrtle Beach, SC H HoosierContour_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
HoosierContour_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er H Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 624 Near Myrtle Beach, SC	Lets not get upset, we both had plug wires fail. Not the end of the world, but two cases in a month where it happened. So let continue looking at FMS wire sets. No need to get upset. I just was hoping I'd get more mileage on them. Your could be perfectly fine for 100k miles. Sold 1998 Contour LX 13.868 sec 1/4 mile time. Two years of rental cars, seriously. Holding out for 07 Cobra Mustang.

Re: FMS Spark Plug Wire Death 38K Miles #633309 05/14/03 03:41 AM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 770 Houston, Texas 2 2X95SEs_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er
2X95SEs_dup1 Veteran CEG\'er 2 Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 770 Houston, Texas	I've been running magnacores for over 5 years, they never failed me. OEM wires started acting up after about 20K miles on both cars.

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