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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 04:19 PM
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Default accel spark plug wires on d1

Search was kind of useless except guys saying not to use on d2

I have a cooked wire and while I have a spare stock type set we can put on I also have multiple sets of nice accel wires in the garage from Chevy v8 projects we can cut to fit not sure why they would not work on this engine but looking for input

Remember I have em on hand so cost is 0 think I have some msd sets also
 
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 09:08 PM
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I've used Accell wires in the past , no problems......but admittedly not yet on a Rover.
I'm all about making do with what's at hand as long as it's not too far fetched !
 
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 04:21 AM
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What do you have to loose? I'd use them.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 07:40 AM
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I was just curios cause the few threads I saw although all d2 threads said stay away buy magnacore all the rest are junk on rovers cause they melt?

Can't be worse then the ones I am using think they are auto zone crap
 
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 01:36 PM
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If the accel wires don't perform as you'd like, a fairly inexpensive option which as worked very well for me can be found here...
Spark Plug Wires for Defender, Discovery and Range Rover

(go w/ the 8mm if you do)
 
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 02:19 PM
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Yeah I think they are tied as the worst wires on a rover with accel lol, not sure what it is that is supposed to make rovers so hard in plug wires?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 02:54 PM
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I've been using Napa wires for about 6 months with no melting
 
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by TOM R
Yeah I think they are tied as the worst wires on a rover with accel lol, not sure what it is that is supposed to make rovers so hard in plug wires?
Wasted spark......
 
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 06:33 PM
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Scouts, which wires are referring to?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 07:03 PM
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Plug wires, all 8. Each coil fires twice in the combustion cycle on each cylinder. Four coils, two terminals per coil = 8 plugs. So the plug wires last about 1/2 as long as they would in a COP or with an oil filled single coil ignition system.....hence Wasted Spark Ignition.
 
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