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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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Has anyone put an MSD in there dak? Any noticable gains? And What do I need exactly to have an MSD ignition I know I need the box,coil, spark plug wiress, any thing else?
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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I accully did. For me nothing noticalbe. But still worth it to know your ignition is the best it can be. Maybe others have felt it.
I did have a MSD high per. coil but it failed on me and left me straded. So I bought Accell high per. coil. I also Bought Accell High temp wires. I love these. You can let it tuch the header and it dont melt. I had the bosh platnum 4s. But everyone says to stay away from them. So I tried Autolights 3923. Nothing noticable.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 12:04 PM
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Ya I was thinkin of gettin a Accel coil anyway cause it would match the color my engine

Dude thats freakin bad where did you get those accel spark wires?
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 12:14 PM
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I got them from jegs.com summitracing probably has them too. I think pepboys or autozone may carry them too.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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which MSD ignition control box did you get?

Im some what cheap right now I was thinkin going with there MSD 5-series ignition
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...47785_-1_10385
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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I didnt use a control box. I just got a coil.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...mp;appfilter=1
Are you planning on using it on your truck. As far as I know you cant use them on efi. The computer does a good job too.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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No I didn't know that, all I thought the control box did was increase thespark durartion
Though that does make sense cause I never seen one on a EFI

http://www.performancecenter.com/pro...ota/318%7E5.2l

Doesn't metion anything about EFI ^^^
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 03:56 PM
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yea, the computer adjust the spark and all of the other things the box would do. is the accel coil yellow?
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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ya the coil is yellow and you can get the plug wires in different colors too.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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humm, that would look weird with the red and balck then....
 
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