Spark Plug/Wire Recommendations

[Chief Master Sergeant]

Can anyone recommend the best plug for daily driving? Something that will work great, but not cost a ton. My bride is getting tired of me spending so much money on the Bronco. Also, I need some quality plug wires. I'm still running points on this thing until I can run down a Duraspark setup.

 

[astark]

I like the cheep old Autolite spark plugs I get for a little more than a dollar each when sale priced.

And the best value in wires, in my opinion, is the Ford Racing plug wires you can get from Summit. They are forty two bucks now, I got mine for thirty nine, and here is the Summit part number you need (FMS-M-12259-C301) to look at them here

http://www.summitracing.com/

 

[Slick]

x2 on the autolite!

All the reserch I did says that the split fire, platnum and tripple fire plugs all work fine... but hooked upto the dyno there is NO diffrence!

More over, I've herd of the split fires burn'n holes in yer pistons!!!!!

So ya, drop more coin if ya want, BUT autolite are fine/good as any!

as for the wires, I've never herd anything bad about accell 8mm wires but I'm partial to the ford racing as well... same over-all cost as most 8mm wires but they have the Oval on them!!!!

 

[SteveL]

I also just use the autolite plugs. For wires I've been running the motorsport wires. You can get em at summit for a good price.

 

[Broncobowsher]

x4 now?
Autolights. change them every couple of years if they need it or not. Put the old ones in the tool kit and drag them around for some silly reason. Oh, they first trip I take without them I will need one for some silly reason.

Motorsports plug wires as well. for the cost of some auto parts store junkers you get some nice high quality parts that I have been running since '99. As long as you don't burn them on the headers they are great. Even severly burned ones work better then some cheapy new ones.

 

[Chief Master Sergeant]

I like the cheep old Autolite spark plugs I get for a little more than a dollar each when sale priced.

And the best value in wires, in my opinion, is the Ford Racing plug wires you can get from Summit. They are forty two bucks now, I got mine for thirty nine, and here is the Summit part number you need (FMS-M-12259-C301) to look at them here

http://www.summitracing.com/

Can you buy these from a Ford Dealership? Even if they charged me a little more than Summit, I can get them tomorrow.

 

[Slick]

NO!

as gay as that is... you can't!

They couldn't even sell me PLUGS! they even have the ford racing banners hang'n around!

Yet I said "I know Frod Racing offers them!" They said they are sure they do too, but their shops are "Ford Parts" NOT "Ford Racing Parts" shops.

...you makes sence of that 1, cause I sure couldn't!

 

[astark]

I think the dealership would have to order them as well and your best bet would be to order thru Summit. I think Summit takes orders at night and ships really fast too, but it would still be early next week before you could get them.

One thing, check to make sure your old wires have the female end where they plug onto the male posts of the distributor cap. If not you will need a different distributor cap to use these wires by part number I gave. It's no big deal and you can get the different cap if needed at any auto parts store, or you could order from Summit at the same time you ordered wires, just something to look into.

 

[Chief Master Sergeant]

I think the dealership would have to order them as well and your best bet would be to order thru Summit. I think Summit takes orders at night and ships really fast too, but it would still be early next week before you could get them.

One thing, check to make sure your old wires have the female end where they plug onto the male posts of the distributor cap. If not you will need a different distributor cap to use these wires by part number I gave. It's no big deal and you can get the different cap if needed at any auto parts store, or you could order from Summit at the same time you ordered wires, just something to look into.

Done! I just ordered the plug wires and cap/rotor. The Autolites already went in an hour ago. Thanks for the help.

 

[SteveL]

If I order by 5pm the parts show up next day if they ship from reno. I live in LA(Ca). If they ship from ohio it takes like4-5 days.