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Jan 27, 2010 | 09:33 AM

ssbowtie1

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Need a coil...which one?

Putting my 96 motor in a 95 car so I'm going to be needing a 95 coil. From what I understand I can use the same ICM but I need a different coil.

I was thinking of buying an aftermarket coil but it seems like every coil has a substantial failure rate.

Is the best option to buy a GM coil? A new GM coil will run me quite a bit more than an aftermarket coil and will take longer for me to receive it.

I can also buy a used one, but likely with high mileage. Do GM coils usually fail at high mileage?

What have your experiences been?

Jan 27, 2010 | 09:37 AM

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I have had good luck with my msd blaster coil..

Jan 27, 2010 | 09:50 AM

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Msd blaster was ok except the clip broke on mine, the Hypertech works goods ad well. Only problem i had was i had the stock wires on at first and spark was shooting out the coil wire

Jan 27, 2010 | 12:07 PM

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MSD Blaster.

Jan 27, 2010 | 02:50 PM

ssbowtie1

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MSD Blaster seems to be popular.

Has anyone had a failure with a MSD Blaster? I have no problem paying the extra scratch and waiting longer for a new AC Delco piece if its failure rate is that much lower. My car is only a bolt on daily driver.

Jan 27, 2010 | 02:54 PM

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been running MSD blaster for over two years without issues.

Jan 27, 2010 | 03:11 PM

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Like ive said ive ran most all of them, for a bolt on DD the $15 from auto zone works great

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Jan 28, 2010 | 10:39 PM

MattSapp95_T/A

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MSD Blaster here too going strong!

Jan 28, 2010 | 10:44 PM

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stock ftw!!!!

Jan 28, 2010 | 10:45 PM

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Stock.

Jan 28, 2010 | 11:34 PM

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+1 for the MSD I've have mine for 5 years and never had a problem

Jan 28, 2010 | 11:41 PM

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I've heard the higher-output coils like the MSD can will wear out the cap and rotor on the optispark faster than a stock coil. Is this true?

Jan 28, 2010 | 11:49 PM

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I put mine on an opti with 100+k on it and it lasted till about 200k till I blew the motor and decided to replace it

Jan 29, 2010 | 12:02 AM

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i would not recrment the summit brand or the msd blaster one ive had two blasters go out on me and the summit one broke in the frist week..so i went with the ac delco one works good for me..