Worse yet. GOOD friend completely did up his '71 GS 455/4spd. Of course as these things take years goes by. Buys what he can when he can. Of course in grand scheme of things date coded wires are cheap in comparison so he buys a set early on only to sit for a couple years BEFORE the engine is rebuilt & installed in the vehicle. Breaks the engine in on the dyno. Of course there is very little to no load as it's just being run to check for leaks, etc. BEFORE installation.
Now you got to know this guy. A '71 GS is pretty difficult to I.D. without all the paper work which he had.
Talk about anole went as far as finding the correct NOS & date coded pipes & mufflers. Running the engine in the car it coughs, sputters & backfires MANY times to the point the mufflers blew apart. Like we used to do with our older cars way back when. Searched & searched & found another set of mufflers. Blew those apart also.
After the 1st. time I told him to check the wires. Says they are new. Tell him the carbon breaks down sitting on the shelf. Didn't believe me. after the second time he finally checked the wires. The coil wire was NG.
Called the company. Told him to pound sand. Wouldn't even send a 6" coil wire.
You would think with all the wires being sold they would like to produce a SUPERIOR product better than original. BUT they still produce the junk. IF you have a problem you'll be told to pound sand also.
What would it take to produce the wire EXACTLY the same using the Spiro type wire. It's internal & can't be seen. ALL the markings, date coding etc. can be all the same but continue to produce JUNK.
Tom T.
