Okay I know I am probably annoying the **** out of the people who use this board alot and know alot about our cars but I am trying to learn. What exactly does an MSD Coil do? Laugh snicker whatever just please help me through this learning stage.
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It puts out a little more spark and gives like 7more HP suspositly but u will notice it

 

How hard is it to put one on?

 

i bought an Accel Super coil, which does the same thing, i haven't put it on yet because it's gonna be a B*tch to mount, or find a place to mount it. I've heard, mounting is of course the most difficult thing to do with these coils the actual instilation should be simple, just plug in one wire to your existing harness, and then put on a coil wire cap that goes to your distributor and you're done. Also, you might want to upgrade your sparkplug wire size to 8mm, or 8.5-8.8mm to handle the extra power of the coil, unless you want to raise the hood and find all your wires melted together.

 

How much did it run you?
If I were to buy one where would I go and what would I ask for?

 

Get the msd takes 15 mins to mount and you are done and u use the stock mount just take out the old coil and screw in the new one

 

MSD is like 29 or 39.99.. I did it with my Accel wire at the time and thecar seemed to rev faster and I was happy about that.. 7HP I doubt, but it will come to life faster so that is worth happiness...

 

MHugo, I get all my stuff through Summit Racing. Their phone # is 1-800-230-3030, they have a voice-mail system where you can leave your address for a free catalog. They also have a website at http://www.summitracing.com . I love their customer service, their prices are the cheapest, I get my stuff in two days, and shipping is free!

I think FASTRS is talking about Accel's #140008 Supercoil, that comes with a wiring harness for GM. MSD's GM Blaster Coil replaces your original coil, and fits in the stock location. I had the Supercoil, I think it was $45 from Summit, and yeah, it was a pain to mount. I had to fabricate a bracket for it so it would look nice.

And hey, ask away, that's why we're here! Welcome to the v6 board!


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i was talking about the MSD coil direct replacement i almsot got the accel but it wouldnt fit right. I prefer MSD i figure the extra 10 bucks is worth it every car i see at the street races has MSD i barely ever see ACCEL not to say accel is bad but its just what i have seen

 

So if I do get the MSD Gm Blaster coil its fairly easy to install? This will be my first mod besides the K&N drop in? After I get the answer Im odering it. Wish me luck

 

FYI, supposedly Accel makes a direct replacement now too!

 

Well, I think the coils is easy to do.. An ignition add on box is not hard, but can take time....

 

it is easier than installing plugs in the car so if ya can do one the other is 10X easier

 

Oops, sorry, FastRS, I got the names confused, I should've said "85f-bird" with the Accel coil.


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The hardest part of installing my MSD GM Blaster Coil was finding a replacement bolt for the one I dropped and could never find. It's insanely easy and a good replacement for the stock coil. When I did my tune up, which included the MSD coil, 8MM wires, Accel cap & rotor, new O2 sensor, Rapid Fire plugs, and some other stuff I went from 12-13 MPG to around 20-22 MPG. Not half bad IMHO. And now that I've found that my ignition module was bad, I just might be getting even better mileage!!