Upgrading ignition on LT1
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Staging Lane
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: C.C. Texas
Upgrading ignition on LT1 Where do I start, what should I buy? ...not looking for anything super strong, just a good upgrade, something to handle everything for me. monitor what needs to be monitored and a good push in a the HP department.
A good working factory set up is the way to go. Put some fresh NGK TR5s in it and a set of MSD or Taylor wires if yours have some miles on them and have fun. Ignition boxes are great for a power adder cars like Nitrous since they can be used to pull timing but NA, not really worth it. They can be a pain in the *** also if they start to fail, if running one, ALWAYs use an MSD style coil harness so you can unplug it if so. Guys that splice in to the factory harness are asking for trouble. Looking at your mods, use the money for a quality torque converter. That is going to be a huge gain in your car, same with a set of 3.73 gears also. The rockers and a fresh set of valve springs will also help. Tune if you don't yet have one.
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 83
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From: C.C. Texas
Im guessing i might have to if the stock factory ignition will do, i just dont know where to start as far as the rear end goes, go brand new or junkyard rear end. I bought brand new yr5's and accell wires when the headers got put in. Probably a tune is where ill go...get everything smoothed out. Ed wright might be the way ill go, there are no LT1 tuners down in south texas. But ill start reasearching...thanks guys, i always appreciate the advice.
