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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 06:03 PM
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Jacob's Ignition

I'm planning on getting the Pro Street model.
I've heard good things about Jacob's, what about you guys? Experiences?

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'88 RS (originally 2.8)
-350, .040 over, vette alum. L98s, stock tpi.
-305 injectors & chip
-TES headers & edelbrock cat back
-3.73 gears, 700r4.
Best with 2.8-17.4@77mph
Best with 305-15.0@93mph
Best with 356-13.7@101mph
on a 2.050 60 ft.
(Damn the 2.8!)
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Old Jun 13, 2001 | 07:25 PM
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Car: 1987 Z28 Convertible
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Pro-Street owner right here. Two years and going strong. I gained 0.2 seconds when my car was nearly stock (check my website for details). I can't imagine what the improvement is today because my car won't run above 4,000 rpm's on the stock ignition. I've tried it and it cuts out big time!!

Before Pro-Street, it was the Omni-Magnum.

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Supercharged 1987 305 IROC-Z, Daily-Driver, Emissions-Legal.
Former Paxton (6-psig): 12.57 @ 111 mph.
Former Paxton (6-psig) & former 50-hp nitrous: 12.04 @ 114 mph.
ATI D1SC (5-psig):
12.26 @ 113.55 mph
ATI D1SC (10-psig): Projecting high 11's.
Future ATI D1SC (15-psig): Gotta catch them pesky 26-psig boosted TTA's!!

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1987 "20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition" Z28 Convertible -- Super Chevy Show Class Winner, 1998.

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Old Jun 14, 2001 | 02:15 PM
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MSD Digital 6 Plus owner right here. I ditched the MSD6BTM not long ago in favor of this one. The result, well that's relative, I'm sitll troubleshooting what I believe to be a "Conflict of Interest" using a Accel supercoil and an All MSD ignition. The conflict of ignition I shall deem it is that my caps/rotors are fouling up rather quickly, in a matter of 2-3 days, but once I get the stock coil back in there I'll dtermine if that is the problem. I'm sure it is but I'm just waiting for the MSD p/n 8876 harness from Summit. But I will tell you this when I have a clean cap/rotor, it'll pull nice and hard like Willie said, above 4K RPM the stock ignition craps out. I can feel it pull to 6500 RPM w/ the MSD Digital 6 Plus.

HTH,
Brian P
89 IROC-Z 355
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Old Jun 14, 2001 | 06:03 PM
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Willie,
I was hoping you'd jump on this one, I knew you ran this system. How easy was the install? Did you use thier no-splice harness?
I hope to get some good gains with my modded motor. My ignition is all stock and showing it's age so I'm very optimistic.
I see you finally got the ATI blower in there! How do you like it compared to the old Paxton?
thanx

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'88 RS (originally 2.8)
-350, .040 over, vette alum. L98s, stock tpi.
-305 injectors & chip
-TES headers & edelbrock cat back
-3.73 gears, 700r4.
Best with 2.8-17.4@77mph
Best with 305-15.0@93mph
Best with 356-13.7@101mph
on a 2.050 60 ft.
(Damn the 2.8!)
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Old Jun 14, 2001 | 07:26 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by '87FAKE-IROC-Z:
How easy was the install? Did you use thier no-splice harness?</font>
It doesn't get any easier than Jacobs designs their ignitions. You don't need a harness. Let's see, one wire to the positive battery terminal, another one to the negative battery terminal and the two stock coil pigtails into the Jacobs harness. That's it.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I see you finally got the ATI blower in there! How do you like it compared to the old Paxton?</font>
No comparison. My engine compartment now looks awesome with the blower, the Superfueler which adds three injectors mounted on top of the plenum and my custom rectangular airbox straddling the plenum.

Willie

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