Pissed off with motor, want to change

I hate to change gears so suddenly, but...

I watched your you-tube videos to get a idea, and i saw the plug wires. Not a good view, but they look like trouble. Wires should be pretty much the exact length, seperated, and not touching any metal. I would bet you are cross-firing at random. When they were wet at the car wash, it got worse.

You said the wires were new, so how were the old wires routed? Similar? You may have had worn wires with the old set, and the new wires are too long, causing them to bunched together and be bent, in turn misfiring.

I have a set of cheap wires on my Mirada, and they will ground on the valve cover, the air cleaner, and each other. I really have to keep them off of everything.

I would correct the wire situation before doing anything else!

See pics from my Duster for reference.