so my control module took a crap yesterday, while on the highway cruising.

it was a accel cm that i bought about a year ago off of summit , i had one before that was a autozone duralast cm ,that lasted me two years and the only reason i changed it was becouse i did some ignition upgrades.

im kinda disaponted in accel right now ,

how long do this things usually last?

 

Lots of people on here have said they had them not last very long.Stock one should do you just fine.

 

Control Module?

Sure you don't mean Ignition Module????
Like this one:

 

its the ignition control module... i have had mine on for about 2 yrs and it was a daily driver. i took off a stocker to upgrade it with MSD blaster coil, mallory custom wires, MSD cap and rotor etc.

i would go with a petronix one if my accell decides to take a poop.

 

To save some possible future grief, did you happen to apply the heatsink paste underneath when you installed the part? I know many (if not all) come with this stuff and it is highly recommeneded, since these parts can get warm. Otherwise, I ran my stock one up until the day I switched over to my carbed setup and had no issues in the 2 years I ran it.

 

yea u have to put that dielectric grease on.... it heat sinks the modual so it doesnt over heat and fail. i even got a huge tube and added a ton so it dissapates better.

 

im using petronix and haven't tried accel yet..

 

does pertronix have the control modual for the remote mount coil distributer? it has the 2 weather pack connectors vs the 4-8pin ones. u got a part number?

looks like this

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku