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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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does anyone run a full setup or any of these products from msd includiong 6ls ignition controller, msc ls1/ls6 blaster coil, msd wires and wire harness for efi with the ignition controller. if so what kind of thoughts on it
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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waste of money unless you're making some ungodly amount of power from a big stroker....

stock setup is plenty powerful

and even the MSD wires are overpriced. nothing a $45 set of taylor spiro-pros won't get you
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 12:03 AM
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The ignition controller is for cars without a factory coil control, like if you were putting a carb'd LS1 into an old car. The blaster coils are too damn expensive, and stocks work perfect.

The MSD wires are nice, but the nicest ones I've used so far are the LS2 wires. They are a bit longer, which means you can "aim" the boot off the coil to keep the wire away from the header. They also have a 90* boot on the end with a little handle, they are easy to take off/put on.
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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msd just put out a wire harness for the 6ls to hook up to the factory efi. thats y i wanted to no if anyone has tried it yet.
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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Like said above, BIG waste of money. Stock system is on cars well into the 10's.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:21 AM
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I had the coils on my car. 4 of them failed. Major problems. I put the stock ones back on.
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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ya i think the coil set is what like 500 bones, that's getting a bit heavy on the wallet for an ignition upgrade. From what I have read on here, they haven't been too popular with the enthusiast crowd. It always seems like people have tons of problems with MSD ignition boxes, coils and accell injectors!
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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ya i think the coil set is what like 500 bones,

Keep goin'!
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I got mine for 200.
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where? used cause they found out they didnt do anything....j/k seriously though where!
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A friend of mine had a coil go out and they sent him 9 new ones. I gave him 200 for them.
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A friend of mine had a coil go out and they sent him 9 new ones. I gave him 200 for them.
Sounds like Monopoly then. "Error in your Favor".
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1. Will you be my friend
2. Can one of yours go out
3. Can i give you 200
and last but not least you will have got yours FREE
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We build mod classic cars and use the stock setup when we use an MSD 6LS box. The coilpacks and wires are a waste of money. On 750hp plus they don't even make a difference. About the only thing to upgrade is the actual box itself, everything else we leave stock. We use the truck coil packs due to the size being smaller.
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