Ponchonutty
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the real story on spark plug wires
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992dr
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Copied from my e-mail
Electrosports-70 7mm cable, part number 87283 - $96.80
Electrosports-80 8mm cable, part number 80283 - $101.20
KV85 8.5mm cable, part number 85283 - $151.80
KV85 CN series 8.5mm cable, part number 83283 - $159.50
R-100 10mm cable, part number 89283 - $196.90
For shipping costs, see the bottom of this e-mail.
Our Electrosports-70 7mm (black) or Electrosports-80 8mm (blue) cables
should be fine for a standard unmodified engine, they have very
similar constructions. The KV85 Competition 8.5mm (red) cable is
intended for race or modified engines or engines with heat-related or
other problems - it is not just a bigger diameter cable. The KV85
8.5mm cable is a different product that has more capabilities for
performance, suppression and heat resistance but can be used on ANY
engine with no problems. The R-100 Racing 10mm (red) cable is similar
to the 8.5mm cable but with a thicker jacket and provides the same
performance and suppression, however it has more extreme temperature
protection and insulation.
The "CN series" cables (which are not available for some applications)
are special versions of our 8.5mm and 10mm cables that provide extra
RFI suppression and are mainly intended for ham radio, CB radio and
similar installations with unusual noise problems; the CN series
cables do not help with most other applications and take longer to
ship because CN series sets are always made to order - they are never
in stock.
I also called Magnecore before you posted this, he told me I needed 85241. I gave up with Magnecore, he quoted me the same price as you, $60 more than everywhere else, I ended up going with Taylor.
992dr
Full Access Member
What Taylor wires did you get?
figured I'd bump this rather than create a new thread.
I just got my 2011 escalade premium a couple months ago and I've been checking off maintenence items to have my own baseline of when stuff was done - fluids (tranny, diff, xfer case, etc), filters, belts, etc...
Next on my list is the plugs and wires. I found a smoking deal on delco iridium plugs, but I'm having a few issues with wires.
I was looking at the Taylor wires, however it appears that model years 2007-2009 have different wires than the 2010+. Does this make any sense? Specifically Taylor 84044. It comes up as fitting the earlier models, but not the later models. Anyone know for sure if this is the case?
I just got my 2011 escalade premium a couple months ago and I've been checking off maintenence items to have my own baseline of when stuff was done - fluids (tranny, diff, xfer case, etc), filters, belts, etc...
Next on my list is the plugs and wires. I found a smoking deal on delco iridium plugs, but I'm having a few issues with wires.
I was looking at the Taylor wires, however it appears that model years 2007-2009 have different wires than the 2010+. Does this make any sense? Specifically Taylor 84044. It comes up as fitting the earlier models, but not the later models. Anyone know for sure if this is the case?
BoiseHoe
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I know this is an old thread but thought I would toss some new information out. You can find the Taylor wires on Amazon.
petethepug
Michael
Bringing this thread back. Nice to know about the Taylor wires. I was plagued with running issues on another one of our vehicles because of bad, hard to pinpoint ignition wire failures. Our 08 YD xl has a rough idle at start up and this may or may not cure it. Either way the truck is ready for a new set of wires after 110K on the clock.
Found the best deal on Amazon. Price was compatable with eBay and other onliners but the two day shipping was the deciding factor. I went the Taylor site that spec'd out the Taylor Cable 79206 10.4mm Wire kit for the 07 & 08 Vortec L92 Gen IV (6.2L). Make sure you go all the way into the exact product you are purchasing and you can do another very SPECIFIC vehicle search. They are $108 from factory but Amazon has them for $64 shipped free.
The link for vehicle specific product search was not easy to find. Here it is ... http://www.taylorvertex.com/product-search/
Found the best deal on Amazon. Price was compatable with eBay and other onliners but the two day shipping was the deciding factor. I went the Taylor site that spec'd out the Taylor Cable 79206 10.4mm Wire kit for the 07 & 08 Vortec L92 Gen IV (6.2L). Make sure you go all the way into the exact product you are purchasing and you can do another very SPECIFIC vehicle search. They are $108 from factory but Amazon has them for $64 shipped free.
The link for vehicle specific product search was not easy to find. Here it is ... http://www.taylorvertex.com/product-search/
Tonyrodz
Resident Resident
I bought these for my 03. I had to get these as I have long tubes, and they kept burning the boots on reg wires. Love Taylor wires.
petethepug
Michael
Pulled the first plug wire off from the install on the Taylor 79206 10.4mm kit. It’s unknown when the wires were installed. Not sure if the 100k service last year replaced them. The boots had dried dielectric grease (DE) all the way down into the high tension mating surfaces.
No no no no, dielectric does not mean grease the electrical contact mating surfaces! I replaced oem GM HT leads so it’s likely they were on the truck when purchased 3 years ago. They defy do not look like they’re less than a year old. All our other cars are German I4, I5 & V6. It’s easy to DE grease the boots and keep it off all the electrical contacts.
The pass side HT lead by the firewall requires a little finesse to get in. I can see how a tech in a hurry would DE grease the boot instead of the ceramic on the plug because it’s a blind install. This appears to be what was done on every one of the plug boots. They were filled with Dried up DE grease all the way down to the contact points. If it’s silicone grease that’s BAD. DE grease (a little) ok. Silicone breaks down and coats the leads until it heats up and burns off. I only greased the HT boots on the coil end because installing the plug boots is blind. Until my intermittent engine knock at cold start is resolved, no unmarked or DE grease is going near the plugs. More to follow.
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No no no no, dielectric does not mean grease the electrical contact mating surfaces! I replaced oem GM HT leads so it’s likely they were on the truck when purchased 3 years ago. They defy do not look like they’re less than a year old. All our other cars are German I4, I5 & V6. It’s easy to DE grease the boots and keep it off all the electrical contacts.
The pass side HT lead by the firewall requires a little finesse to get in. I can see how a tech in a hurry would DE grease the boot instead of the ceramic on the plug because it’s a blind install. This appears to be what was done on every one of the plug boots. They were filled with Dried up DE grease all the way down to the contact points. If it’s silicone grease that’s BAD. DE grease (a little) ok. Silicone breaks down and coats the leads until it heats up and burns off. I only greased the HT boots on the coil end because installing the plug boots is blind. Until my intermittent engine knock at cold start is resolved, no unmarked or DE grease is going near the plugs. More to follow.
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