Spark Plug Wires

[TimeLord410]

Hey folks,

I recently had an issue where a spark plug failed & took out one of my MSD wires. I was looking to replace the whole set as they were a hand me down from my brother's 92 Talon TSI. I've done some shopping around & it looks like I can get the exact part replacement 8.5mm MSD wires for around $100. I did however come across a manufacturer that's making a 9.3mm, kevlar wrapped silicon cored wire set, they're called Matrix.

There are a few places I found on the interwebs where I can get a set of these things for around $30 including shipping.

My question is, have any of you guys even heard of this company "Matrix"? And what experiences you've had with their products? Are they reliable? Money's kinda tight right now so if I can get the performance & reliability out of these puppies I get from the MSDs I'd gladly shell out the $30!

 

[WES_393]

I have never heard of them. I would suggest getting a set of 1g NGK plug wires. About $45 for proven plug wires.

STM: NGK PREMIUM WIRE SET | 90-99 DSM | ME64 | ME77

 

[Calan]

This ^.

Stick with what's proven, and save yourself $50+ in the process (compared to the MSDs).

 

[Sebba]

Do yourself and the future owner a favor, don't buy cheap shit.

MSD, Magnacore, what ever.

 

[boost97gst]

I bought a set exactly like you describe. They failed in less than 100 miles. Complete junk. Put my old wires back on(ngks) and no problems, theyre just ugly!!

 

[LandoAWD]

Do yourself and the future owner a favor, don't buy cheap shit.

MSD, Magnacore, what ever.

Magnacor has had a technical bulletin in place on their site since 1998. Why would you recommend these now?

 

[bryanwheat]

I have never heard of them. I would suggest getting a set of 1g NGK plug wires. About $45 for proven plug wires.

STM: NGK PREMIUM WIRE SET | 90-99 DSM | ME64 | ME77

These can be bought from rockauto.com for around 30 for the 1g wires and 40 for the 2g wires.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Many vendors have them here, nice oem replacement wires, grab some plugs too.

 

[ramsack]

Stock wires are the best bang for the buck. If you honestly do need more spark, you should be replacing the entire ignition system with a totally different kind of technology.

 

[Sebba]

Magnacor has had a technical bulletin in place on their site since 1998. Why would you recommend these now?

Oops, didn't know that.

 

[guapking]

Grab a set of accel 7920y 300+ Thundersports which are great wires for about 30 shipped brand new on ebay.

 

[SY1100]

Dont try to be a innovator, stick with whats tried and true the NGK's will work great for a long time with no problems..

 

[re-rx7]

NGK or OEM.

 

[ramsack]

OEM wires are NGK.

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Here are the ones I've been running for the past six years with no problems whatsoever.http://www.summitracing.com/search/...-Plug-Wires/Model/ECLIPSE/Year/1998/?keyword=

Great quality, heavy duty ends, and the one of the fattest wires you can find. I've done more spark plug checking/changing than I can count with these wires and they continue to hold up like none I've ever had before.

 

[TSiAWD666]

I had a number of sets of Magnacore wires fail from arcing and per their technical bulletin where they blame the arcing on a flaw in the 4g63 head I gave up on them. I then used some Accel wires for probably 4-5 years and had no more issues. Could have been luck, but I wouldn't recommend Magnacore to anyone for these reasons.

 

[guapking]

Accel wires are cheap and high quality. I switched from ngk to accel and have no problems with them.

 

[92AWDHX40]

Ngk oem replacements for wires perfect.

 

[Bud92gsx]

I'm pretty sure mine are accel plug wires... Never had a problem with them.So that's why I got them a second time.

 

[mattasi]

I have never had a problem with the blue NGK wires. They are proven and work great. With that said, I have had both MSD and Accel wires fail on me.

 

[Bud92gsx]

Really..Well I have not had a problem with the accel wires..

Getting bad "new" parts tho happens all the time.

 

[guapking]

Accel Thundersport are (150 ohms/ft) so they are supposedly better than the ngk which i still have as spare wires.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/fre...3-answer-spark-plug-wires-ignition-wires.html

 

[mattasi]

Really..Well I have not had a problem with the accel wires..

Getting bad "new" parts tho happens all the time.

They were fine out of the box, but failed after a few months. I probably just got the one set out of a 1000 that fails or something haha.