Spark plug wire opinions

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alright guys I am doing a tune up on my small block. What are good spark plug wires. There are so many options out there. Also I have headers. Who runs them over and who runs them under? I only want to purchase one time and be done. Thanks in advance for any help.
 

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From personal experience Firecore is the best. I run them on everything thing I can. Below that MSD and Moroso make great sets.
 

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I’ve used the crimp-your-own MSDs before. I like neat plug wires and I figure MSD makes good ****.
 

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I like Taylor wire! High quality at a decent price. You can make a “stock set” look good, but for me from now on I want to make my own sets. Like said above I like plug wires reallyyyy neat and tidy
 

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I always run them above. Simple access and they are out of harm's way. There's a boatload of good brands and models.
 

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I am running the old school cut to length Accel yellow wires with long tubes. 90 degree boots
 

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I usually run Taylor 135° boots over the top to clear headers.
 

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I have factory wires as far as i know with long tubes. Mine are 90° boots over. A couple boots are damn close though.
 

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Please, post some pics when your done. I'm sure I'm not the only one who could use some ideas to clean up the look of our engine bays. :(
 

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i like taylor wires.
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Not pretty, not new but my girl gets her job done...

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MSD no longer makes the reasonably-priced blue wires I used for 20+ years, so for my last project I used MSD Street Fire cut-to-fit wires. Very nice, IMO. Taylor Spiro-Pro wires are good, too.

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I bought a set pertronix cut to fit wires. I need to install them, but they look to be of really good quality.
 

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Liking the routing of these wire sets.
 

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I like MSD and Taylor, never heard of firecore. Make sure you either get heat sleeves or wires that can handle the heat from headers.
 

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