Miata Mailing List: April 1996, Message #220
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   From: "Hathaway, Malcolm" 
Subject: RE: Spark Plug Wires - A Greek Tragedy
   Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 23:11:27 -0500



>Cast of characters:
>Michael Pablo, the dashing hero....
>.... I think that I'm going to switch
>my Splitfires to Bosch Platinum.  (A friend from the BMW club said that
>Splitfires burn hotter and could be deteriorating the ends of the wires.
 >True or false?)  I don't know what kind of wires to get yet.  For some
>reason, my car just doesn't seem to like the fairly common setup of NGK 
wires
>and Splitfire plugs.

>Mike Pablo

Mike, old bean, we may have something for you....
As mentioned awhile ago, my wires crapped out around 35K.  The dealer parts 
guy said, "You should get the Mazda wires, the others never hold up!"  Like, 
huh, as if I believe that....

So, I got me some Bosch wires, about $25, and a LIFETIME guarantee, (the 
best bet, I reckon).  Got 'em at AutoPalace.  I'm up to 68K, and no problems 
yet.  BTW, I have the Bosch platinums, and they seem okay.

Netters, I wonder deeply whether those Splitfires are good or not.  What 
kind of milage increase can one expect?

Mackyboy
'90 MBRG