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I am incredibly disappointed by the STI wires. Had them installed in the Rover for just over a year and a couple thousand miles.
They corroded and cracked in several places. One spot was right at the boot, so there is no way it was rubbing on anything. One spot was where in rounded the corner of the valve cover. Even though they were in the wire looms, they seemed to actually degrade. I hope I simply had a bad batch, but I've never had plug wire fail like this. We'll see how the Kingsbourne replacements do.
Man I've never had a single set of STI wires do that! That doesn't mean they didn't change how they make em. Kinda reminds me of the Optima Yellow Top batteries. I had one of the original units and that sucker lasted me 10 years! I sold my Jeep, kept my battery and gave it to a friend where I know it lasted him at least another 2 years! After having such great results with it I bought another one and was immediately disappointed when it went completely dead at 9 months! Sams Club wouldn't warranty it saying my charging system was to blame due to me having aux lights.... I gave up with them and switched over to the Die Hard Platinum batteries which were made by Odyssey if I'm not mistaken. I was very happy with those batteries, but then once again when I went to buy another one I sadly found out they were no longer available.
Sorry the STI wires took a dump on you, but I've at least had a set of those in every LR I've ever owned with zero issues, but like I said they could have gone cheap.
I had the blue 8mm STI's on my D2 for 4 years which ran fine but I never knew how old they really where since the PO installed them.
You can make your own wire leads which is what I did after a buddy decided he didn't want his Taylor 409 red wire leads (10.4mm!) on his Mustang. I had to cut them down to correct length, crimp on the M4 coil pack connectors and heat shrunk it for added safety. I removed the plastic retainers on the rocker cover and used wire ties to make the wire leads neat and safe.
My V8 runs great and looks nice.
Last edited by JUKE179r; Feb 17, 2021 at 06:52 AM.
I had the blue 8mm STI's on my D2 for 4 years which ran fine but I never knew how old they really where since the PO installed them.
You can make your own wire leads which is what I did after a buddy decided he didn't want his Taylor 409 red wire leads (10.4mm!) on his Mustang. I had to cut them down to correct length, crimp on the M4 coil pack connectors and heat shrunk it for added safety. I removed the plastic retainers on the rocker cover and used wire ties to make the wire leads neat and safe.
My V8 runs great and looks nice.
And no pics. You tease.
Seriously, I would love to see pictures.
Wow looks sweet. What is the deal with having the wires cross over each other? Is that not good? I see that yours are crossed over as they are leaving the coil pack. Is that unavoidable?
It does look like a mess of wires but that is the way the leads are to be connected to the coil packs.
It was way more difficult for me to arrange it this way due to the thicker outer dimension of the 10mm leads.
Last edited by JUKE179r; Feb 21, 2021 at 11:23 AM.
Wow looks sweet. What is the deal with having the wires cross over each other? Is that not good? I see that yours are crossed over as they are leaving the coil pack. Is that unavoidable?
It's unavoidable because each wire must go into a specific location. Thicker wires are harder to properly seat and you often have no choice on how you cross them.
The look won't matter as the can't be seen without great difficulty. On the D2 they are literally on the back of the engine near the firewall, facing the firewall,in tde middle. To see them you essentially need to lie across the engine bay on your stomach looking down.
