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As it says I have sent my wires back to Steve at Magnacore to try and figure out why the boots seem 5mm too long. He claims to never seen this before. Why, if I'm running the same plugs as everyone are my boots too tall? When we get heavy rains (every day in FL) I get misfires. I checked the height of Ford plugs, Autolites, and even Champions and they were all the same height. I'm at a loss and so is Magnacore. Jim T. And yes they are seated all the way. 
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Yep. Search and you'll see they fit like crap. Such a shame for such a nice wire.
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Well, after conversing with Steve at Magnacore a few times this week (he still claims I'm the first to have this problem) he is going to install new boots on my wires with the ferrule set 5mm deeper into the boot. This should solve my wet weather misfire/stumbling problem but at a $25.00 cost to me and a week with the wires back at Magnacore. I'm not pissed, but I'm not happy either.
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I'm going to regap my plugs as they only have 8 thousand on them, what are most of you running for gaps? recommended? less? more?
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Originally posted by jthursby:
I'm going to regap my plugs as they only have 8 thousand on them, what are most of you running for gaps? recommended? less? more?
.054 Same as factory spec. 
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Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by jthursby:
I'm going to regap my plugs as they only have 8 thousand on them, what are most of you running for gaps? recommended? less? more?
.054 Same as factory spec.
Smartass, I only asked if somebody found a BETTER range than that.
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Originally posted by jthursby:
Smartass, I only asked if somebody found a BETTER range than that.
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Better than a dumbass. Are you running boost? If not than factory spec. Nothing better than how Ford engineered the engine.
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Sounds to me like you asked what everyone was running, and he told you what he was running. Factory is recommended. 99% of people here are also running factory spec, unless they are FI.
Dont ask if you dont want answers.
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I asked a simple question that I did not believe required his sarcasm. end of story.
Had it been a face-to-face situation I'm sure he would not have rolled his eyes at me for asking.
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They've never heard of this problem before?? Are they willing to update their wires?
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Steve @ Magnacore did say he would like to know if this is more widespread problem so that he could have an alternate set for guys that do have this problem. I really don't know how to clarify who has it and how to tell the differnce.
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