Aftermarket Coils: MSD vs. ACCEL

[94bird]

Can anyone offer an opinion on either one? I plan on replacing mine in the near future and am leaning toward the MSD. Someone posted that ACCEL coils are notoriously bad for our cars, can anyone back this up?
I think the MSD Coils are pretty new, I just saw them in the new Summit catalog. Does anyone have them?

The p/n is: MSD-8224


Thanks for the input.

-Chris

[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: 94bird ]</p>

[Seppo Kaitainen]

I've been running Accel Coils for about a month. Not a single complaint.

But I wouldn't run aftermarket coils with the msd dis-4. Thats an expensive mistake.

[94bird]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Seppo Kaitainen:
I've been running Accel Coils for about a month. Not a single complaint.

But I wouldn't run aftermarket coils with the msd dis-4. Thats an expensive mistake.<hr></blockquote>

I'm not planning on getting the MSD DIS-4 box.
Just want a new set of coils.
Trying to find out which ones are best.

[AMinor65]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Seppo Kaitainen:
But I wouldn't run aftermarket coils with the msd dis-4. Thats an expensive mistake.<hr></blockquote>

Just curious, why not? Please keep me from making a mistake because I'm waiting on the MSD coils to hit summit, and I already have the box.

[Seppo Kaitainen]

The guy I bought my coils from blew up 2 or 3 msd dis-4's before he finally when back to the stock coils.

[Dark Knight]

i have had my accels for almost two years and i have no complaints

[viper98885]

I have the MSD DIS-4 box with Accel coils and have blown 3 Accel coils already. They worked fine before I put the MSD box on, but now I have blown 3 in the past 4 months. I am planning on switching to the MSD coils ASAP but I am running stock coils right now and they seem fine.

[RiceCooker]

I know that 96Beastv6 has problems w/ his accels. The motor would miss in the higher RPM's. I'm looking foward to the MSD coils. Now I know not to get a box in the future. I wonder if the MSD coils would work properly w/ the MSD DIS4?

[Skinny]

Correct, I was having problems with my Accell coils. Anytime the engine was under heavy load when it was hot outside (as it ALWAYS is in FL) I would get misfires. It would also misfire even under moderate load at in the upper rpms, like RiceCooker said. I went back to stock coils when I started spraying and haven't had a misfire since. One thing I do notice in this thread though, take a look at the regions that people are at where the Accels are working fine: North Carolina, New York, Delaware, Kentucky. You see the pattern there? All northern areas where there are actually real seasons and it's not hot ALL the time. I think that may be the key to the Accel problems.

[nova]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by RiceCooker:
I wonder if the MSD coils would work properly w/ the MSD DIS4?<hr></blockquote>

I've been wondering the same thing. Seems like MSD would make sure the two would work together.

[AMinor65]

Well, they advertise like the two would work together, so I'm gonna go ahead and order them when they're available. I already have the ignition.

[ May 01, 2002: Message edited by: AMinor65 ]</p>

[94bird]

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to order the MSD's soon. I checked with summit and they are on backorder, if you order them today they say they will ship on 5/15.

[97Pcam6]

for those of you with msd dis 4 ignition are there certain plugs that WILL NOT work well with the dis 4 ignition?

[cboney2000]

Does anyone have a picture of the new MSD coils??? i'm dying to see what they look like

[Blue Flame V6]

I rarely have problems with my Accel's and it is often 100°+ here in Kansas.