dano72

I just got a set of stock wire replacements. Does anybody know the proper orientation of the wires? I have different lengths and ends?

EZEARL

firebane

Take one off, match, install.

Turbo X_J

Whatdamean "different ends"?
Is this an OEM set or one size fits most?

dano72

I meant boots, some straight & some 90°. The ones in the car could be replaced, but just kind of seem like a mess. I am used to doing V8 wires that were custom, where I could route them nicely.

jordan96xj

Stock wire replacements will usually have 2 plug wires with boots that are 90 (or similar) degree elbows. These typically will go on the 1st and 6th plugs. I have had some stock replacement sets where there were 2 90 degree elbows for the 1,6 cylinders, and then the 2,5 cylinders had about a 30 degree bend in them as well (it helps them reduce the amount of wire needed to make it to the plug).

The picture posted above is a decent example. When mine were in perfect stock arrangement, I would do one wire at a time and keep them in the same arrangement. But then I got some custom 8mm wires, which were a pain to route, had bigger less flexible boots, and did not fit properly into the wire channels so I had to just route them as best I could. So later when I ditched those and went back to standard wires I couldn't get them back into the original arrangement (at least not from memory). So I just arranged them as cleanly as I could, and tried to match the wire lengths as closely as possible to the set the that was already on the vehicle.

Next time I replace them I'll make a fresh attempt to get them back into the stock arrangement (as shown in the pic posted in this thread).

whatscooking

15 is too young 36 too old 24 just right just saying

whatscooking

ok I will put it this way, firing order 153624

firebane

The firing order is on the intake manifold... but that only helps if you have properly marked #1