Hey I was wondering if any of you have replaced your stock coil with an accel or MSD coil. Which one did you go with and do you have pics. I'm putting the yellow Accel 8 mm wires and I want to replace my coil with accel and mount it to my firewall above the distributor.

Thanks guys!


Knight75

 

the replacement goes right where the old one went.
You just have to drill the rivets, and buy some long screws and nuts.

 

Or move the coil to a location with less heat. Like maybe the firewall .

 

I jus took a sharp edged wood scraper and hit the rivits with one good wack with a hammer they popped right on out. took 20 mins to take the old one out and bolt the new one in. Just make sure your engine is ice cold.

 

My stock coil died and i immedeatly went to summitracing.com and got an MSD Blaster Coil. Works great! Ignition Module would also be a good investment if you plan on really working on the car. Both are easy installs and fairly cheap. In any case have fun with whatever you do to your car.

 

I've put two coils in my car, neither were "direct replacements". My original one is still in it's factory spot as a "spare".

#1 was the "Accel remote HEI computerized supercoil", p/n 140008. http://store.summitracing.com/partde...art=ACC-140008 I made a bracket that mounted it between the top of the alternator and the top of the throttle body- it worked great for years.

#2 currently is the MSD Blaster SS coil. I bought it when I put in my MSD 6AL box; I wanted everything to be MSD. It's part number 8207. http://store.summitracing.com/partde...?part=MSD-8207 I made a bracket that's hung it off my a/c box. I used MSD's adapter # 8876, at http://store.summitracing.com/partde...?part=MSD-8876 , so I could plug my stock "spare" coil back in if I had to.

You can also use a $20 MSD Blaster 2 coil if you want to cut the factory harness wires.

 

My Accel coil set up Firebird
Using Accel 8.8 plug wires!
I LOVE ACCEL STUFF
Been using it for over 20 years.

 

My Accel coil on this Blazer, used since 1990 and has over 100,000 miles on it.
Never replaced.
Again Accel 8.8 plug wires.
I LOVE ACCEL STUFF!
ALL FIVE OF MY RIDES HAVE ACCEL STUFF on the engines.
Accel makes the greatest stuff!
AND those TWO SETS OF ACCEL 8.8 plug wires?
FREE!
I returned my older Accel plug wires and they upgraded to the BEST, the 8.8s.
LET ME REPEAT THAT
FREE!!! WARRANTY REPLACEMENTS!
Yet my Corvette does use the Accel 300+ 8.8 plug wires.
ACCEL MAKES THE GREATEST STUFF AND REALLY STANDS BEHIND LIFE TIME WARRANTY!
ONLY warranty item for me and my Accel stuff?
PLUG WIRE SETS!
Last set I paid for was back in early 1990's! The Accel Super Stocks.
After that all these other 8.8 spark plug wire sets, FREE!!!