New owner - misfire

Hi all,

Just bought a '96 with 45M on it. Fun car! (And that's at 10 degrees...
can't wait for summer.

After about 20 min of driving I get a misfire on accelleration... the car
idles fine, runs a steady speed fine, but when I push on the gas
(moderately) it "stutters" for a bit, mostly in the lower gears. Is this
likely the plug wire issue I've read about on the net? The wires on it are
plain dull black and appear original.

TIA

miker

Is this
> likely the plug wire issue I've read about on the net? The wires on it are
> plain dull black and appear original.
>

Yes.

Steve McMahon
Green JRSC 00LS

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"miker" > wrote:

> Is this likely the plug wire issue I've read about on the net?

Probably. It won't cost much to find out, and you'd need them soon
enough anyway.

--
Lanny Chambers
'94C, St. Louis
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

> Probably. It won't cost much to find out, and you'd need them soon
> enough anyway.

Thanks, guys. Is there a recommended mfr for general street use (no racing)?

miker

>
> Thanks, guys. Is there a recommended mfr for general street use (no
> racing)?
>

NGK. About $40. They're blue.

Steve McMahon
Green JRSC 00LS

two good sources...

east coast
http://www.finishlineperformance.com...tion&key=M1007

west coast
http://www.gomiata.com/ngkblusparpl1.html

i thought the factory originals were all blue (90-97)... makes me wonder if
yours were replaced before for some reason. still a inexpensive thing to
try before taking it to a shop.


"miker" > wrote in message
. net...
>> Probably. It won't cost much to find out, and you'd need them soon
>> enough anyway.
>
> Thanks, guys. Is there a recommended mfr for general street use (no
> racing)?
>
> miker
>
>
>

miker wrote:
>>Probably. It won't cost much to find out, and you'd need them soon
>>enough anyway.
>
>
> Thanks, guys. Is there a recommended mfr for general street use (no racing)?

If you want a US make, Magnecor (the 8mm Electrosports are fine - you
don't need the top of the range KV85).

miker wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just bought a '96 with 45M on it. Fun car! (And that's at 10 degrees...
> can't wait for summer.
>
> After about 20 min of driving I get a misfire on accelleration... the car
> idles fine, runs a steady speed fine, but when I push on the gas
> (moderately) it "stutters" for a bit, mostly in the lower gears. Is this
> likely the plug wire issue I've read about on the net? The wires on it are
> plain dull black and appear original.

Heavens yes. My '02 SE had 31k miles on it when I replaced the plug
wires and was rewarded with what felt like a new engine.

Dana

McMahon wrote:
>> Thanks, guys. Is there a recommended mfr for general street use (no
>> racing)?
>>
>
> NGK. About $40. They're blue.

They're good for Miker's '96. They aren't available for the
coil-on-plug 2-wire git-ups like my '02 (and a year or two earlier).
I went with NAPA Borg-Warner wires and they're great (so far).

Dana

No, original wires (At least on my '91) were black. Rod
"Christopher Muto" > wrote in message
news:famlf.5488$Yh2.2973@trndny01...
> two good sources...
>
> east coast
> http://www.finishlineperformance.com...tion&key=M1007
>
> west coast
> http://www.gomiata.com/ngkblusparpl1.html
>
> i thought the factory originals were all blue (90-97)... makes me wonder
> if yours were replaced before for some reason. still a inexpensive thing
> to try before taking it to a shop.
>
>
> "miker" > wrote in message
> . net...
>>> Probably. It won't cost much to find out, and you'd need them soon
>>> enough anyway.
>>
>> Thanks, guys. Is there a recommended mfr for general street use (no
>> racing)?
>>
>> miker
>>
>>
>>
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>