Anyone use MSD coil packs??
10-19-2006, 01:53 PM
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some one just asked this question 4 days ago...
MSD anything = waste of money..
i used one of their MSD6a ignition boxes on my old 92 camaro TPI.. my car acutally ran worse with it on... and their blaster coils are notorious for failing.. stick with GM parts for ignition..
MSD anything = waste of money..
i used one of their MSD6a ignition boxes on my old 92 camaro TPI.. my car acutally ran worse with it on... and their blaster coils are notorious for failing.. stick with GM parts for ignition..
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10-20-2006, 07:49 AM
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im not putting any ones response down, but how can you give an opinion if you havent tried them. i have a set but i have yet to install them on my car. so im not going to say they are any better than stock, but my past experience with other cars, and a car i still own( 83 z28 modified 350 ). the msd sys works great, and i have had no problems.and as far as stock sys making 500 or more hp, has any body tried putting msd coils to see if they made more or less. im sorry but just saying i heard or my buddy's uncle's sister's husband brother tried them, and they suck doesnt cut it with me. i will be installing them over the winter, i just havent had a chance yet. and then ill give a real opinion.
10-20-2006, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by jam01
im not putting any ones response down, but how can you give an opinion if you havent tried them. i have a set but i have yet to install them on my car. so im not going to say they are any better than stock, but my past experience with other cars, and a car i still own( 83 z28 modified 350 ). the msd sys works great, and i have had no problems.and as far as stock sys making 500 or more hp, has any body tried putting msd coils to see if they made more or less. im sorry but just saying i heard or my buddy's uncle's sister's husband brother tried them, and they suck doesnt cut it with me. i will be installing them over the winter, i just havent had a chance yet. and then ill give a real opinion.
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10-20-2006, 09:10 AM
#14
Originally Posted by jam01
im not putting any ones response down, but how can you give an opinion if you havent tried them. i have a set but i have yet to install them on my car. so im not going to say they are any better than stock, but my past experience with other cars, and a car i still own( 83 z28 modified 350 ). the msd sys works great, and i have had no problems, and as far as stock sys making 500 or more hp, has any body tried putting msd coils to see if they made more or less. im sorry but just saying i heard or my buddy's uncle's sister's husband brother tried them, and they suck doesnt cut it with me. i will be installing them over the winter, i just havent had a chance yet. and then ill give a real opinion.
first off, even by their over-inflated advertising claims.. the power per dollar is VERY VERY VERY low... you dont get anything you can see, feel, or even consistently measure.... but it costs alot.
second, its a solution to a problem that doesnt exist.
on a conventional V8, you have one coil, firing 4 times every engine revolution.... LS1s have 8 full strength coils, that can fully charge and fire once every two revolutions... plus theres no gap in the distributor cap to jump.. plus the wires are only a couple inches long compared to feet... and the entire ignition system is basiclly a crank trigger system, because thats where the PCM is getting the engine's crank angle from.
this all adds up to an accurate ignition system with enough power for huge HP forced induction guys... they do have a couple PCM tweaks as they approch 1000hp.. but the issues are things like the dwell set in the PCM.. not the coilpack hardware.
third, why do race cars have two MSD boxes, with a switch?
because while they're great for what they do.. all MSD parts (along with 99% of other aftermarket parts) are not tested as well as OEM.. they just cant justify the cost in testing to the same extremes... so they may or may not be as reliable as OEM.. but we know the reliabilty of the OEM components.
so when people talk about the MSD coils, the question is... why?
