ddpsnake
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looking to up grade from my stock coil too something better.what will work with my stock electronic ing , share your thought tanks.
thanks Kelly thinkin about it.Don, I have a MSD Blaster 2 coil that was on a 440-6 Barrel car that I bought this year. I replaced it with a NOS Mopar coil. If interested ($50) PM me.
looking to up grade from my stock coil too something better.what will work with my stock electronic ing , share your thought tanks.
just thought a hoter spark, why do they sell msd, accel.? it got to be a better spark or are we being rip off.Curiosity question....WHY??? Why do you feel you need "something better"....do you have an ignition issue, either real or perceived? "If its not broke, don't fix it" msy apply....
BOB RENTON
just thought a hoter spark, why do they sell msd, accel.? it got to be a better spark or are we being rip off.
IMO there is nothing wrong with picking up a newer aftermarket coil to replace a tired out original one. A simple oil-filled canister coil is not going to break the bank ( $30 - $70 depending on your flavor !) .
I currently run a MSD street fire coil with my Orange MP ECU. My ballast resistor is rated at 1.0 ohm. With a internal resistance of .8 ohm in the MSD coil, this gives me a healthy 10V to my coil . It has been quite happy for over 4 years like this.
Purchasing a coil that already had an internal resistance of 1.5 ohm is actually meant for a situation where you are not using a ballast resistor. Pairing a 1.5 ohm coil WITH a 1.5 ohm ballast is going to drop your running voltage down considerably. It will run , but you are not taking full advantage of your system .
AS for your question about MSD systems. Don't get a simple coil and an all out digital ignition system confused. An MSD 6AL box used with MSD blaster 2 coil or similar is a completely different system then the factory Orange ECU. The MSD system fires multiple sparks per power stroke. The coil used in this system are usually an E-coil that allows it to do this as well.
Again a simple oil filled canister coil is not going to change the world unless of course your current coil is getting weak in knees with out you even knowing !!! Then you may feel like your new coil was the greatest single investment ever, when really its just performing how your old coil should have when it was new !!
As a few have said, if you don't really have any problems with the current setup, then leave it.
Um ok wow, my post was in no way directed to wards you at ALL Bob R. For some reason you went and attacked my entire post?
I was talking about the MSD, because the OP asked specifically about an MSD setup and why they are popular. I gave basic Operating principal description , which is it produces multiple spark, I did not get into specifics. Nor, did I get into specifics of an E coil, that was not the top of the discussion, but it is used in MSD , and other CD style or HEI setups. Was simply pointing some setup up require different components to work at their best.
You shoot down my "weak in the knees" description and then follow it by a list of faults that can develop over time in a coil that will directly effect its performance. Could you not describe that as getting "weak" sorry I do not have an English major.
Bob I would never challenge your knowledge , You have actually helped me numerous times in my own threads.
Anyway.... time to move on