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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Portland Oregon metro area (Washington side)
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Re: coil choice?
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Accels now working fine for 12yrs in the LT5.
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Location: Chicagoland, IL
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Re: coil choice?
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08-04-2012
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Location: Portland Oregon metro area (Washington side)
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Re: coil choice?
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Coil didn't.
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08-04-2012
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Location: grosse isle, manitoba, canada
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Re: coil choice?
Funny you mentioned a mouse nest. First plenum pull revealed a terrific mouse....village? amusement park? definitely not just a nest. Had wierd dietary laws. Starter cable insulation and thats all. Asked about the standard cause I have one handy. but resisitance is 6 k ohms and originals are 5.3. Wonder if it would have made a difference. Oh well. will never know. Cheers!
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08-06-2012
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Fremont, CA
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Re: coil choice?
When I did my injectors I replaced the coils with new AC Delcos,the coil for 1-6 died at 8000 miles.I pulled them all out and replaced them with MSDs.
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08-08-2012
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: New Jersey
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Re: coil choice?
Three years ago at Carlisle I had a slight miss only in 6th gear with a slight
load. When I got home I ohm check all the injectors and they were right on specs. When I got to the coils I had a 5-8 coil dead. I got a new one from chevy but it didn't have the cyl numbers stamped on top but no big deal. Then I thought if this coil went bad are the rest waiting till I put the plenum back on? So then I thought if I change them all maybe I should put a better performance coil so I went with the Accels. They fit with a little bit of modification, you have to remove small plastic tabs on each one so they sit next to each other again no big deal I used a hacksaw blade only took a few seconds, took longer to find the hacksaw blade.  While I was doing the coils I decided to change those fancy ignition wires of which I also ohmed and they were right on specs too but I replaced with a new set from chevy without the logo printed on them. I cleaned and put the original wires in the box for a later date. I had about 28000 miles when the miss started and now I have almost 30000 and no problems but I didn't notice much of an improvement over the stock coils, I just hope they last a long time. I'll see if I can post a few pics of the coils, I'm just learning how to get pics up...jim |
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08-08-2012
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ideho
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10-04-2012
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: grosse isle, manitoba, canada
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Re: coil choice?
Thanks for all your input. In the end I tried 4 new MSD 8224's from Smut Racing and for my trouble got 8 misfiring plugs. A new Delco coil to replace the bad 1/6 and putting the other good, original ones back got 8 happy sparklers which never seem to miss a beat. Go figure. Is there a lesson here? You decide.
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10-05-2012
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Wisconsin
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Re: coil choice?
FWIW, on Monday I ordered 4 Delco D545 coils from Amazon for $34.27 each. It was the least expensive I could find online. I'm looking at Amazon this evening and they show the coils for $45.07. I was hoping I could point folks to a good deal. Anyway, if you need parts, it doesn't hurt to see what Amazon is asking when you're ready to buy.
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