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Old May 1, 2010 | 10:46 PM
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I was wondering if anyone was running the MSD coil packs and if you think they are worth the money.

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Old May 1, 2010 | 11:18 PM
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Old May 1, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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Waste of money. There are guys running 1000 hp with the stock ones.
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Old May 2, 2010 | 12:57 AM
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If the stock units came in red no one would give the MSD packs a second look (especially at the price point )

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Old May 2, 2010 | 01:25 AM
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All too true. No point in changing them.
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Old May 2, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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I run them on my car, a SC'd LS7 with over 800 whp. I've dyno'd with the stock coils vs the MSD coils with no difference in the results. So they are a waste of money in my opinion, but they sure do look good. Expensive bling.
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Old May 2, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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yup, they are pretty. thats about it. agree that I wish ours came in a nicer color.
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Thanks for the replies, I'm going to hold off
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why can't you paint them like the covers get painted?
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Put them on mine too, love the look but didn't notice any difference.
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These things are the biggest piece of crap around. They've been on the market for several years AND have had KNOWN issues. What's even more disturbing about the bad product is the company continues to offer it for sale to customers when they know there are issues. Their current solutions to solve the issues are ridiculous.. they tell the installer or shop to run a separate power line to power the coil packs!

We just took a set off a customer's car which "all of a sudden" decide to start making "popping" noises at idle..almost like a stuck valve. The coils were less than 30 days old and had less than 1000 miles on them. When this started happening we hooked our computer and scanner to hit and when the pop happened there was "NO SIGN OF IT" on the scanner or computer... it never threw a code. So today we swap on a set of stock coils and WALLA... NO MORE POPPING!

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