hey i have a 1999 dodge ram 1500 with the 5.2 and can't find a performance coil for it anywhere. accel makes an adapter so you can use their super coil but i was wondering if this would work for the msd blaster. has anyone tried this? here are links to the 2 parts

adapter - http://www.jegs.com/i/Accel/110/140021AH/10002/-1

msd coil - http://www.jegs.com/i/MSD+Ignition/121/8228/10002/-1

 

go with the MSD coil. Hughes sells it.

About the adapter, you can pull one from a 1996. Just hack it off and give yourself about 9 inches of wire.

THat's what i did for my setup.

HOWEVER, a coil by itself will do nothing for you, you can gap your plugs a bit more but that is it. You need to get the MSD box and the coil to see a difference.

 

yeah i have a msd coil and did nothing i need the box

 

how hard was it to install the box , and how often do you change your plugs cap and rotor ?

 

It was easy as pie. I can do a DIY on it.

the only wire you need to cut are the wires going to the coil (ignition wires). you are basically connecting the box to where you cut the wires (Wires going INTO the box) and splicing the wires coming out of the box to the coil connector.

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Dodge made it easy because the ignition (key) wire and the coil wire are both in the wires that go to the coil.

I have my box mounted on the fusebox cover. it is close to the battery.

--Dan

 

are you able to run the msd box with a superchip installed?

 

cool !do you think its worth it ? and how often you have to change plugs and stuff

 

yes. the MSD does not go into the computer. Although my camaro had a weird thing:

The RPM needle would BURY ITSELF TO THE MAX when the MSD kicked in and did a continuous spark. Luckily our trucks do not measure RPMs that way.

You will notice a big difference at WOT with a MSD. ANd it gives a bit of power. YOu just need to utilize it the right way.

GAP THE PLUGS: lay around here. go big on the gap then bracket it down. That is the biggest thing that the MSD box and coil allows you to do.

As for cap and rotor replacement. Since the MSD gives you 3X the spark, you will go through caps/rotors/plugs/wires 3x as fast.

I do tune ups once per year. Brass terminal rotors are the best. I get the accel truck tune up kit, but i think the spark plugs are too short. They were about .25" sorter than the stock champions. But they run very well. I will probably go with champions or NGK and the accel cap and rotor next.

If you get better wires, then you won't have to worry about changing them once per year.

 

alrighty well thanks for the help i'll be picking up a coil and box tomorrow and stoppin by the junkyard for a wire as well. thanks again

 

good to know !