I just installed brand new MSD 8mm wires and my car stared to run like crap at idle, but SEEMED ok at WOT. Everything went good with the install. I did a 90k mile tune up with new cap, rotor, plugs and plug wires. Cap and rotor are good, i got the best ones i could find, the plugs are the ford motorsport ones from the dealer used with dielectric grease, and my plug wires are msd 8mm.
Here is why i think its the wires... tonight i did a lights out test and found that i have blue sparks jumping around the coil to the outer metal ring, the coil wire glowing where it was laying on the ac tube, and blue glowing around every single boot on each plug. I can understand this happening on an old, highly resistive stock wire, but these are a day old??? Also when i picked up the coil wire to move it off the ac tube, it was glowing around my finger tips. Im tempted to go buy the stock replacment wires from the dealer for $80 cause those seem to work better and bring back the MSD wires to the store with a handfull of comlaints.
Any Ideas??? Simular Experiences???
Also ive looked up every topic on this subject and everyone that saw what i did just needed to replace their old wires and that took care of it, and the solution was to buy new ones... I say try it, if you think you have a very well tuned car, please go out at night and inspect the entire ignition path for blue sparks, it has to be almost pitch black, and your eyes adjusted. Thanks
Here is why i think its the wires... tonight i did a lights out test and found that i have blue sparks jumping around the coil to the outer metal ring, the coil wire glowing where it was laying on the ac tube, and blue glowing around every single boot on each plug. I can understand this happening on an old, highly resistive stock wire, but these are a day old??? Also when i picked up the coil wire to move it off the ac tube, it was glowing around my finger tips. Im tempted to go buy the stock replacment wires from the dealer for $80 cause those seem to work better and bring back the MSD wires to the store with a handfull of comlaints.
Any Ideas??? Simular Experiences???
Also ive looked up every topic on this subject and everyone that saw what i did just needed to replace their old wires and that took care of it, and the solution was to buy new ones... I say try it, if you think you have a very well tuned car, please go out at night and inspect the entire ignition path for blue sparks, it has to be almost pitch black, and your eyes adjusted. Thanks