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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Anyone else have problems with MSD coils? I've had 2 go out in a one year period.
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 05:21 PM
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never had em... switch back to OEM and sell the MDS's you have now.
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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I haven't heard about reliability problems with the MSD coils - only that they were a waste of money. Put the stockers back on if you have them.
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 1dog
Anyone else have problems with MSD coils? I've had 2 go out in a one year period.
Yup. Had a couple go bad on me too. I sent one to them to be replaced under warranty and they turned around and sent it back tagged "tested OK". Put the stock coils back on and been fine ever since. This was NOT a case of a bad connector or intermittent open circuit in the coil pack wiring. The problem moved each time I changed it to a different cylinder and tested with a Tech 2 to isolate which cylinder was not firing.

No more MSD ANYTHING ever again on my car.

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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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I toyed with getting them several years ago.

I read all "MSD Coil" threads closely. While all said that they give no gains and are a waste of money, there were numerous threads that complained of problems with bad coils.

There were enough complaints about problems that I abandoned any thoughts I had of switching to them.

Good luck...
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 06:50 AM
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Went through 3 Blasters on my last Vette-all JUNK.
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