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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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MSD CAME OUT WITH THERE LS2 MULTISPARK COILS. DOES ANY BODY HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE INFO. THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AT AROUND $750.00 BONES WOULD I PICK UP ANY GASS MILAGE OR PERFORMANCE ON A FUTURE L92/L76 C6? Part #PN82478.... at MSD web site.
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 10:28 PM
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dont do it, its a waste, i got mine from a friend for 50 a piece, didnt notice anthing diff. just gashed knuckles from the install
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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Thanks for the info. mcamarols1.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 05:41 AM
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According to MSD the spark duration is adjustable to a bit longer than the stock coils for a smoother idle. Maybe a cleaner burn too?
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 08:16 AM
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MSD's are a waste of $$. Stock coils easilly handle 1000hp.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 01:13 PM
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and they have that nice stealthy semi-gloss black look.
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Thanks guys I've been hearing the same out on the street. I will not buy until proven dyno #'s tell a different story. To all have a Happy New Year and drive safe lots of law enforcement out on the streets tonight for good reason.
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Originally Posted by fourplay
MSD CAME OUT WITH THERE LS2 MULTISPARK COILS. DOES ANY BODY HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE INFO. THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AT AROUND $750.00 BONES WOULD I PICK UP ANY GASS MILAGE OR PERFORMANCE ON A FUTURE L92/L76 C6? Part #PN82478.... at MSD web site.

make sure you get a fire extinguisher
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 09:09 PM
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I have heard a lot of stories of people having problems with the MSD coils, although I have never had a set personally.

Guys that are making big power use the truck coils...they seem to be fine over the 1000hp mark!
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by fourplay
MSD CAME OUT WITH THERE LS2 MULTISPARK COILS. DOES ANY BODY HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE INFO. THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AT AROUND $750.00 BONES WOULD I PICK UP ANY GASS MILAGE OR PERFORMANCE ON A FUTURE L92/L76 C6? Part #PN82478.... at MSD web site.
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I had the MSD coils on my LS1. 4 coils out of the 8 failed. Very slow degradation on performance, but no SES codes for a long time. Eventually I got speratic random misfire codes. No one could figure out by scanning what was going on. Caused me to fail emission testing twice.

Finaly they failed outright when I was on a trip. Had to tow it into a shop to get it fixed. Fortunatley I had the stock coils in the trunk, but it still cost me a pile of money.

4 ot of 8 is 50%. That is pure ****. I sent them back to MSD under warrantee and they tested and found 3 dead and 1 low on output. I am not willing to put them back on the car. I can't sell them to anyone. In fact, I do not think I could give them away. The general opinion is that they are too unreliable to use. Lots of people are still having failures with them. Waist of $600.00 bucks. MSD should never of put this product to market.

Buy the way, on another matter, I had a new set on MSD LS1 superconductor wires and 2 wires failed within about 4 months with high resistance.

Thanks JA
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Old Jan 2, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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Krautburner,

What do you mean by get a fire extinguisher?
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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 10:36 AM
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MSD ANYTHING sucks ***... everything I have bought from MSD(back when I had the 92 TPI camaro) failed.. their 6AL boxes.. blaster coils.. wires.. everything sucks from them.. half *** engineered.. and thats my opinion.
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Originally Posted by GR33N GoblinM6
MSD ANYTHING sucks ***... everything I have bought from MSD(back when I had the 92 TPI camaro) failed.. their 6AL boxes.. blaster coils.. wires.. everything sucks from them.. half *** engineered.. and thats my opinion.

Now that you say that, my first MSD ignition box crapped out not too long after i bought it (MSD Digital 6 plus).
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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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I went thru 6 MSD boxes with the 383 ignition, yes SIX! Mounted the box on the rad support in front of the radiator. Finally determined that they were getting wet from washing the car-despite being careful not to get them wet. After a rewire and the last , fifth box, went with a off road, marine box. No problems so far but have decided that they are VERY FRAGILE. Was told all kinds of stories why they failed. Apparently a new company has bought MSD and they are no longer getting their boxes from Malasia, however all the big suppliers purchased all the old boxes that frequently failed at a discount prior to this change. Really no way to tell, sooooo good luck!
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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I can't speak to the new ls series coils and/or wires but,

i have used 6al's on 3 different stangs that have been in my fleet.
never had any trouble with any of them. the 1st one had over 100k on it when i sold the car.

i do agree they should not get wet if possible. that was not a problem where it was mounted in my stangs..
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Paint your coils red and get the same effect
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 01:51 AM
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I was soon to replace my wires with msd's but this is making me rethink it. What wires are you guys using? I don't think ngk makes wires for our engines do they?
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 08:15 AM
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"Paint your coils red and get the same effect
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HA HA HA, I was thinking the same thing and I might!
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Originally Posted by greysteel_M6
I was soon to replace my wires with msd's but this is making me rethink it. What wires are you guys using? I don't think ngk makes wires for our engines do they?
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NGK make a wire set. I am using one now, with good results.

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They are an OE style wire with the metal boot/protector. However, they are low resistance and high temp silicone. You might also try Taylor wires. They are very good.

Thanks JA
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