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| WizPorsche914 |
 May 26 2008, 07:06 PM
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I have a 72 1.7 and I bought bosch wires to put on thoday. They Suck ! None of the sizes are correct, the coil wire is 4 times too long, and I cannot figure out which wire goes where. Does any other company make 914 wires ? Id like to find Beru, I have a set on my 944 and there perfect.
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| SirAndy |
May 26 2008, 07:15 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,641 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(WizPorsche914 @ May 26 2008, 05:06 PM)  I have a 72 1.7 and I bought bosch wires to put on thoday. They Suck ! None of the sizes are correct, the coil wire is 4 times too long, and I cannot figure out which wire goes where. Does any other company make 914 wires ? Id like to find Beru, I have a set on my 944 and there perfect. where did you buy the wires? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Andy |
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| WizPorsche914 |
May 26 2008, 08:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Douglassville PA Member No.: 8,479 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I bought them from a company called World Pac.
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| SirAndy |
May 26 2008, 10:41 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,641 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(WizPorsche914 @ May 26 2008, 06:27 PM) I bought them from a company called World Pac. yeah, that's where your local FLAPS gets them from as well. they fit like crap, if at all ... you might want to check the usual parts outlets like pelican etc. for a good set of beru wires ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Andy |
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| WizPorsche914 |
May 27 2008, 05:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Douglassville PA Member No.: 8,479 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Thanks Andy I cannot figure out why there is 2 coil wires in the box too. Plus two of the ends are larger then the other 2.
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| PeeGreen 914 |
May 27 2008, 05:44 PM
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Just when you think you're done...wait, there is more..lol Group: Members Posts: 10,219 Joined: 21-September 06 From: Seattle, WA... actually Everett Member No.: 6,884 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Maybe they got the wrong box. Not the first time it has happened from WP.
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| RoadGlue |
May 27 2008, 05:59 PM
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I always have gotten two coil wires in the box when purchasing Bosch wires. I can only imagine it's because the coil is mounted in different locations depending on the type 4 application (bus, sedan, etc).
Having said that, the Bosch plug wires I purchased three weeks ago from a European parts house in Santa Rosa are too short and just barely reach the spark plugs. I'm not sure why Bosch decided to shorten the wires by at least three inches per wire. The box was correctly marked for 914-4, and I can't think of any T4 application where these wires would work correctly. Grrrr. |
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| brownaar |
May 28 2008, 08:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 23-September 04 From: Gate City, VA Member No.: 2,813 Region Association: None |
Had the same problem in the past. Just bought a set of FyreBraid wires from Performance Products for around 45 bucks. Appear to be very nice quality for the money.
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