MSD Coils, Comments?
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Le Mans Master
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MSD Coils, Comments?
I have used MSD on non LS application and had good results. All I here about the LS product for C5s is negative. Too Expensive, no real gains, has anyone had any positive experience on a C5 application?
Le Mans Master
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Originally Posted by oldschoolvette
I have used MSD on non LS application and had good results. All I here about the LS product for C5s is negative. Too Expensive, no real gains, has anyone had any positive experience on a C5 application?
Team Owner
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From: At the beach in little Rhody
There really isn't much room for improvement over the stock setup like there was on some of the older cars. I have also read that a good upgrade is the truck coils, which is a lot cheaper. But again, likely not worth the money unless you have to replace coils for other reasons.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Austin Texas
i had one coil go bad so i got a set of the msd's and they work perfect. can't tell if they are better though. like someone said, " they look great."
p.s. i don't want anyone stealing my fuel rail cover idea either.
p.s. i don't want anyone stealing my fuel rail cover idea either.
Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by triblk6spd
i had one coil go bad so i got a set of the msd's and they work perfect. can't tell if they are better though. like someone said, " they look great."
p.s. i don't want anyone stealing my fuel rail cover idea either.
p.s. i don't want anyone stealing my fuel rail cover idea either.
I like the look
Team Owner
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From: S.W. Ohio. . . . . . NRA Life Member
Originally Posted by vettenuts
There really isn't much room for improvement over the stock setup like there was on some of the older cars.
And headers were good for 35 hp - still piped into the factory exhaust sysyem.
Those days are over.
with the factory LS1, there isn't an easy bottleneck to make an improvement on. The factory exhaust manifolds flow pretty-darned well; the factory ignition system is more that up to the task, the MAF flows well enough (even with the screen)... and so on.
IMO you need to gain 60 to 70hp -over stock- before any of the factory supplied systems to cause serious-enough restriction.
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Last edited by Mike Mercury; Dec 2, 2006 at 02:47 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Thanks for the post. I've been arguing this very case to a friend, who claims his msd coils gave him a great hp jump. He's never had his car on a dyno, but claims that his stock 04Z06, feels a lot quicker/stronger than my 02Z06 with headers/hiflow cats/vararam/dyno tune.
