Spark Plug Wires

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

I would just like to share some info I received.

I wrote to Cooper Automotive about their spark plug
wires for the 2.8 V6:
>    I enquired at a local auto parts store as to the price for a
>   set of your PowerPath spark plug cables for my 1993
>    Audi 90S (V6), and was told they would have to be
>    special ordered at a price of $200.00. Are these wires
>    gold plated or what? I expected a price of $60 to $80,
>   but $200 - that's ridiculous. I can buy a set of ACCEL
>    wires and cut them to the right length for $50, but I'd
>    rather not have to take the time.

Here was their reply, in part:

>    The wire set for your Audi (#700836) utilizes very specialized
spark plug and
>    distributor boots/nipples.  These items are the most costly
component of
>    manufacturing our wire set.  Also, when considered with cost
considerations,
>    the fact that #700836 fits Audi almost exclusively makes the part
less
>    popular.  This enables the market to bring a higher price for the
part.

What a line of bulls**t. If I'm fool enough to pay that much for a set
of wires,
I certainly wouldn't buy some third party set, I'd buy direct from Audi.
Also,
the 2.8V6 doesn't use a distributor, it has coil packs, so how could
there be
"specialized distributor boots/nipples"???????

Has anybody out there tried using ACCEL high performance wires on their
Audi?
I used them on my Toyota truck and had good luck, I was just wondering
how
they would work on the Audi.

Feel free to respond direct, just to keep traffic to a minimum on the
list.


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