what coils do you guys recommend.. the car is stock.. but a chip may be in the future.

 

For the stock HEI, AC Delco stock replacement coil or equivalent.

If you ever do get serious about performance mods, you can install a hot coil like the MSD with an MSD ignition box to drive the hot coil. Aftermarket performance coils run too high primary current to run reliably with the HEI ignition module, in a stock configuration. They cause the module to overheat and fail prematurely. The only real solution to this is to use the coil driver output of the HEI to run an ignition amplifier like the MSD box. The MSD box is designed for high primary current and will make much better use of the high output coil.

I run the MSD Digital 6 myself and love the rev limiter.

 

i think i had a mallory ignition high heat coil on my 92.. i needed it for the chip iirc.

 

O'Reillys Auto Parts sells "BWD" brand made by "Standard Auto Parts".
It a nice dependable stock replacement.

I use a lot of BWD (Borg Warner Division) electronic/electrical components and have never had a problem.

Anything made by "Standard" is a nice stock replacement.
Used the Accel Super coil before that and cant tell the difference between the two.

Link = http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/se...make=Chevrolet

 

the differences in price u cud tell though i bet lol.. but yeah usually u can't tell but for some reason i needed a certain coil for the chip.

 

What chip are you planning on using? My opinion of chips that claim to increase power from an otherwise stock engine isn't high.

I may be old school but my experience is that, aside from turbo charged applications where boost can be altered via ECM programming, there is little gain to be had and a fair amount of harm to be done reprogramming an ECM, unless it is to recalibrate the ECM for a motor that has been mechanically modified to increase power output.

Any real power gain has to start in the motor, periferral changes without internal upgrades are of limited value. JMO

 

yeah u cud be right .. i don't go crazy with the chip, i just get a jet stage II which eliminates the speed limiter.

 

Cool. If you ever decide to really make performance improvements, there are a few options available for a user programmable ECM. Then you can do your own tuning as needed.

 

Leaning out the fuel mixture a little and running more advance will make more top end power, but at the risk of detonation.

Frankly, I doubt many 25+ year old engines are even making factory power anymore.

-- Joe

 

Sad but true.