Miata Mailing List: December 1999, Message #494

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Well you would have never wasted the money on the wires since you would eventually
have needed them.  :(

Sean Fletcher wrote:

> Larry-
> They were the OEM NGK blues from Roebuck. I thought about getting
> some high performance magnacores, but at this troubleshooting stage I
> didn't want to risk blowing $75 if that wasn't the problem. With the money
> I saved buying the blues again I finally got the factory workshop manual
> which looks to be pretty comprehensive. If these die quickly then I will
> step up to a better quality wire tho.
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Sean Fletcher, Email: Sean@TheSwamp.com
> ---------------------------------------
> Go Gators!  http://TheSwamp.com
>
> See my Miata: http://TheSwamp.com/miata
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> =======================================
>
> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Larry Alster wrote:
>
> ::Hey, Sean.  My question was what kind of wires were they??  I had what had to be
> ::the worst car ever for wire life, a 1972 Toyota Corolla 1.6 engine.  I fast
> ::discovered that the brand REALLY mattered.  Ever since then I only buy hi
> ::performance aftermarket wires for my cars.
> ::
> ::Sean Fletcher wrote:
> ::
> ::> I know, I know... the archives were my first check, but as you said plug
> ::> wires are mentioned in many, many messages. I really didn't understand how
> ::> they wouldn't last even a year (12k miles), but I do now.
> ::>
> ::> ---------------------------------------
> ::> Sean Fletcher, Email: Sean@TheSwamp.com
> ::> ---------------------------------------
> ::> Go Gators!  http://TheSwamp.com
> ::>
> ::> See my Miata: http://TheSwamp.com/miata
> ::> >==>(Home of the Miata Registry)<==<
> ::> =======================================
> ::>
> ::> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Keith Tanner wrote:
> ::>
> ::> ::
> ::> ::>1) Bob Hotaling is always right, and
> ::> ::>2) It's always the spark plug wires : )
> ::> ::
> ::> ::Bob's just stuck in the past :)  If you check the archives (now who was it
> ::> ::that always suggests that? :), you'll find that the plug wires used to be
> ::> ::blamed for everything from poor gas mileage to fading paint.
> ::> ::
> ::> ::That was before we found new and novel ways to break the Miata - ie, before
> ::> ::the 99 models started eating new engines and the 1990 cars started popping
> ::> ::cranks 8 years down the road :)
> ::> ::
> ::> ::Keith
> ::> ::------------
> ::> ::Keith's page de home:
> ::> ::    http://www.miata.net/keith
> ::> ::------------
> ::> ::
> ::> ::
> ::> ::
> ::
> ::--
> ::Larry Alster
> ::
> ::1991 "White Knight" CSP #99
> ::1992 "Silver Bullet" EM #17   BEGI Stage IV+
> ::1992 "Honey Bee"
> ::
> ::
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Larry Alster

1991 "White Knight" CSP #99
1992 "Silver Bullet" EM #17   BEGI Stage IV+
1992 "Honey Bee"


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