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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 12:53 PM
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Question new coils?

anyone around try those msd coil packs yet?
i was contemplating tring them out.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 01:47 PM
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alot of people who have shelled out the big bucks for basically no gains have had several issues with them, the coils seem to fail and not work properly

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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:07 PM
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alot of people who have shelled out the big bucks for basically no gains have had several issues with them, the coils seem to fail and not work properly

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good info, thanks.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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I heard people have seen gains with the truck coils. Not sure whats the diff.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by thechef
alot of people who have shelled out the big bucks for basically no gains have had several issues with them, the coils seem to fail and not work properly

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Same here.

MSD coils ---- complete ****.

If you are blowing out spark (which is ussually 1100rwhp) then upgrading to truck coils is good.
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 09:36 AM
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cool, good to know guys. im going to guess that im making in the 900-1000 rwhp range, and my coils are from 99 with god knows how many miles. maybe i should upgrade
they seem to be working well tho, maybe i should leave it be
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Noyzee
cool, good to know guys. im going to guess that im making in the 900-1000 rwhp range, and my coils are from 99 with god knows how many miles. maybe i should upgrade
they seem to be working well tho, maybe i should leave it be
If it ain't broke, then don't fix it..
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