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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 12:01 PM
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I am looking into putting MSD on my 00transam but have heard mixed reviews. Who better to ask than my fellow LS lovers. Let know what you think, have heard, or your experiences. Any help is appreciated.
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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 05:21 PM
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if you mean msd wires ,I wouldint ,,their junk ..go with oem..and yes if had msd wires in my current and past ls fbody/trucks
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Old Sep 20, 2014 | 05:50 AM
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MSD wire..... no real gain sept an emptier wallet

MSD coils..... waste of money
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Old Sep 20, 2014 | 10:36 AM
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Only got them because they came with the TR55IX's. If anything they just spruce up your engine bay.
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Old Sep 20, 2014 | 11:08 AM
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ootransamramair, welcome to LS1tech!

As stated above, MSD wires won't really do anything for performance. Their coils appear to not last very long, there's been some threads about this.

I've found the zero Ohm wires from Granatelli Motorsports to be very good.
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Ive used MSD wires and got several misfires. When I took them out 2 of them came apart. I put the stock replacements in and have been running fine since.
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Old Oct 11, 2014 | 12:34 PM
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Since I put my performance intake manifold on I have been burning plugs. Killed E3 in about two months and now stock gm plats in a month and a half. Wondering if my MSD wires are junk too. Only 6-10k miles on them. At sits end on this cooking plugs thing. Thanks I may replace the wires......and plugs again....maybe with NGK??? Should I need to change the gap or heat range due to new manifold?????
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Only got them because they came with the TR55IX's. If anything they just spruce up your engine bay.
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Old Oct 11, 2014 | 12:37 PM
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Thanks I may replace mine.....only 6-10k on them, how long did yours make it? All my problems cooking plugs, etc started after new intake manifold and throttle body.
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Ive used MSD wires and got several misfires. When I took them out 2 of them came apart. I put the stock replacements in and have been running fine since.
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Originally Posted by 00transamramair
Thanks I may replace mine.....only 6-10k on them, how long did yours make it? All my problems cooking plugs, etc started after new intake manifold and throttle body.
About 80 miles. I didnt even make it to the tuner before it started stumbling. He let me borrow some old plug wires so I could get home.
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