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Old 04-17-2011, 08:35 PM
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heard something interesting the other day and wanted to know if there is any truth behind it??

the guy that is building my engine heard from a shop friend of his that coils form the 6.0L or truck motors where stronger/better then the 5.7 car coils.

if anyone has head or can prove this let me know???
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search man. there are more threads about that stuff. but know, the stock coils are powering plenty of 700+rwhp cars with no issues.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...p-18-6-tq.html
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i got my truck coils off egay cheap
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so there is some truth behind it??
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Truck coils with heat sink are the only worthwhile upgrade and even some have noted some rwhp gains, but as mentioned earlier, the stock coils are sufficient to almost any build.
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I run the square "weaker" truck coils since that's what I found cheap when I built my motor. I tried the "strong" truck coils and noticed no gains.

Lots of sponsors have also backed up that they have done extensive dyno testing disproving the claims of gains on NA setups.
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i bought a truck engine to so i had a stronger plat form to grow on. so i have both and was wondering which one i should use, either way its not going to coast e anything but a few min of switching them?




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