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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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Looking to burn my tax refund on the GXP. I was looking at MSD coils. I was wondering if anyone had used these before on any LS engine? I am skeptical of the benefit given the $720 price tag. I was thinking of this or having my torque converter redone for a higher stall speed.

I am not sure if these is the exact application. I have to call them. The pricing is very close for all 3 LS engine coil kits.

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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 10:12 PM
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The factory ones are pretty good. I would say to put your money somewhere else.
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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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No....total waste. Put that money into cam/heads/converter...
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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 11:11 PM
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The factory ones are great. they will hold up to turbo/nitrious use. Buy something else.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 12:29 AM
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stock coils are fine. put your money into a tranny...

i saw a ls4 block with 0 miles on ebay for 400. would be nice to bore and releeve that baby out to 4+ inches. dont think i want to put 10k into a new engine/tranny setup atm tho. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=260346522932
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 01:35 AM
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I wanna bore and stoke an LS4 out to a pontiac 421 or 428. That big of a motor though would make tires hide from your car. not to mention the tranny
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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plus i would want to tap/plug all those dod oil holes and the oil sender hole and relocate that to the side of the block.
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Get a hogan down pipe, knocked 2 to 3 tenths off my quarter mile time with magnaflow cat back.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by supercatxr7
Get a hogan down pipe, knocked 2 to 3 tenths off my quarter mile time with magnaflow cat back.
Alright, thanks for your help.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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I'd say rockers or a trans. if you plan to keep the car.

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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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The factory coils have proven themselves over 1000HP. I'd put the money in some bolt on parts or some JUICE
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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Save your money. There is not much out there for these cars.

You are better off getting a project car and going from there.
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could get a f-body for like 5-7k. pretty sad that my truck was that much.
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