how good are the stock coil packs

[asonofabeach69]

How good are the stock coils on these LQ1's, are they good enough for some performance mods or should they be upgraded? Also what kind of plug/wire setup does everyone recommend?

[pwmin]

stock ign system is pretty good on these cars. i run magnecor wires and ac delco plugs.

[patgizz]

they're good enough to not have to get the msd/accel ones.

AC delco or AC delco rapidfire plugs are the only way to go with the GM DIS ignition. it EATS bosch and bosch platinum plugs for lunch.

[tijuana_no]

didn't some people had problems w/ the accel coils for the lq1 ,but the msd are petty good ,summit sales there own brand(has anyone use'em).and how good are taylor wires?

[asonofabeach69]

Well I figured the bosch's sucked because 3800's eat them for lunch, our igniton systems are too hot for those things. I saw that accel, msd and summit has coils for our engines, just wanna get some "real time" opinions on the subject.

[Juglenaut]

You will find hits and misses with any brand. All brands have defects out of the box it is like a lottery.

Don't bother is MSD on these engines the Stock DIS is more than capable unless the engine is modded heavy like SC or turbos and major internal upgrades.

Stock motor with high dollar aftermarket plug wires super duper spark plugs is like throwing money away, however you may get a tad of MPG no real time HP gains.

[Dave96z34]

Not worth the $.

[z34phoenix]

lets put it this way... our LQ1 coil packs are the same as the ones in the 3800 series engine and all the people runing in the 9sec 1/4 are using factory coils! and after all the probs some people have with aftermarket coils failing! i'll stick with GM/ACdelco coils.... if you want some MSD coils i have a used set off my GTP im thinking of selling for $80 if your interested. if you are PM me

[Dave96z34]

[tijuana_no]

that don't look good ,i was hoping rhe msd coils woould be better then stock.i might just go with taylor wires for cosmetics(blue).

[SappySE107]

I would go with magnecor wires. They cost more but last forever.

[z34phoenix]

my taylor wires burned thru! im using stockers now... life time warreny from advance!

[asonofabeach69]

My friend uses magnecor on his 95 MC and says they really good so I think Im gonna go with those, as for the coils you guys got me sold that the stockers are good enough for me!

[Rhedalert]

Magnecor KV eighty five for the winner

[onefastV6]

I was told GM has the highest output coils, somewhere around 80,000 Volts where as dodge and ford put out around 60,000 volts.

Seems like GM is on top of something for once.