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Old 11-27-2001, 01:46 PM
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ACCEL or Hypertech coil?

Which one do you like? Are they both the same when it comes down to it?
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Neither, go with a MSD Blaster GM, thats what I run.

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I've had the Hypertech for about 3 years now, works great. Can't speak for any others.

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Go for the Proform 50,000 volt coil. Half the price of the Hypertech.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sitting Bull:
Go for the Proform 50,000 volt coil. Half the price of the Hypertech.</font>
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Neither. Go MSD, Crane, or Jacobs.

SB: that sig is ridiculous.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jza:
SB: that sig is ridiculous.</font>
What offends thee about it, my son?
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I think it's cause it's kinda long and has a bunch of stuff in it that really doesn't need to be there.
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I have the accel super coil, and it's great! No experience with the others.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Karps TA:
I think it's cause it's kinda long and has a bunch of stuff in it that really doesn't need to be there. </font>
Ahh, what is necessary or not is for me to decide
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Still, it is A-OK for you guys to say it's wordy. I'm not too insecure to take a little criticism ... from some people who obviously have nothing better to do with their time than pick on poor little guys like me, for whom their car is the greatest toy they have in life ;(

No, go ahead and criticise me and see if I care :P

Hah, I don't care ... go ahead! Criticise me! I dare you! Hah, hah, hah!!!
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I have used a supercoil for the past 3 years with no problems.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sitting Bull:
What offends thee about it, my son?</font>
Oh. lol. Nah, not offensive, just long-winded and has a bunch of stuff that's pretty much granted on the majority of these cars. And big sigs always look lopsided on small posts; like a snowman made with small snowballs at the bottom. I'm glad you didn't make a big deal about it, because I wasn't about to. If you're like: "because I want to" that's the end of it as far as I'm concerned. I do like the "verse" at the end though. hehe.
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Go with the MSD Blaster GM Coil. I run that and it works awesome.

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I have an Accel coil. If I had the cash i'd buy one of the new Jacobs FireControl coils. Whatever you get, make sure you mount it properly.Oh, and guys?....you need to get a grip. That guy can put whatever the hell he wants in his sig. At least it's not some pic that takes 2 minutes to load.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sitting Bull:
Still, it is A-OK for you guys to say it's wordy. I'm not too insecure to take a little criticism ... from some people who obviously have nothing better to do with their time than pick on poor little guys like me, for whom their car is the greatest toy they have in life ;(

No, go ahead and criticise me and see if I care :P

Hah, I don't care ... go ahead! Criticise me! I dare you! Hah, hah, hah!!!
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The signature is plain stupid.

"T-tops, variable wiper, power hatch, rear defrost, third brake light"

Think anybody really give a **** or needs to know ?

You will care when you get booted from the site for being a raging idiot!


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Here's what my sig would look like with everything I've done to my car.

1992 Z28 5.7 TPI

ZZ4 longblock
Harland Sharp roller rockers
Accel base and SLP siamesed runners,
52MM SLP Throttle Body
Hooker Headers & Flowmaster catback
MSD6A ignition
aluminum driveshaft
World Class 5-speed


MSD Cap and rotor and Accell 8mm wires hidden under headers

Chrome valve covers
New coolant bottle
Painted plenum and runners
Twin high powered hood ligts
Flowtech 3" to 2.5" reducers
Polyurethane tranny and torque arm mount
17 inch crome IROC wheels with good year ZR45 tires
Autozone leather shift ****
Aiwa MP32 cd deck
Pioneer amp and punch 12" woofers
pioneer 4 channel amp for 4 infinity speakers
eclipse equalizer
walmart radar detector (paid for itself at least 4 times so far)
oh yeah...

power seats, power hatch, power brakes, power clutch, LED third brake light, LED tailights, LED dash, etc etc

Do you really think anybody cares about all this stuff ? Even *I* dont ! lol
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I would stick with all one manufacturer on an ignition package that way it all works well together. MSD makes GREAT ignition products.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by crucial:
Here's what my sig would look like with everything I've done to my car.

1992 Z28 5.7 TPI

ZZ4 longblock
Harland Sharp roller rockers
Accel base and SLP siamesed runners,
52MM SLP Throttle Body
Hooker Headers & Flowmaster catback
MSD6A ignition
aluminum driveshaft
World Class 5-speed


MSD Cap and rotor and Accell 8mm wires hidden under headers

Chrome valve covers
New coolant bottle
Painted plenum and runners
Twin high powered hood ligts
Flowtech 3" to 2.5" reducers
Polyurethane tranny and torque arm mount
17 inch crome IROC wheels with good year ZR45 tires
Autozone leather shift ****
Aiwa MP32 cd deck
Pioneer amp and punch 12" woofers
pioneer 4 channel amp for 4 infinity speakers
eclipse equalizer
walmart radar detector (paid for itself at least 4 times so far)
oh yeah...

power seats, power hatch, power brakes, power clutch, LED third brake light, LED tailights, LED dash, etc etc

Do you really think anybody cares about all this stuff ? Even *I* dont ! lol
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Well, the way you have it organised gives me a few problems.

Want a couple of tips?

Try to condense things a bit by keeping relative items grouped, and keep closely related items on one line. Like ignition parts should all be on a single line if you can get them there.

Also, you don't really want to add extra lines between groups of items. That just takes up space for no good reason and breaks the flow of your storyline, you know?

LOL!!! Keep on truckin'

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PLUS ... I run my 19 Diamondtron monitor at 1600x1200x32bit colour. I get an enormous amount of text on my screen--way, way more than people running at 800x600 or 1024x768.

Thus, for me at least, my signature doesn't take up much screen real estate at all

You guys just have to get better video cards and larger monitors ;p
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Classic Calgaryian. Jerk.

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I see Rhode Islanders are spelling as well as ever.

That is CALGARIAN--and don't you forget it, easterner!
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LOL, sitting bull. youre a trip, i like your style
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Hey, I like your's too
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I didn't see you say if you had an internal or external coil hei. It does make a differance. Either way I would go with the Accell coil I have never had a problem with one of their coils. Just don't get their wires they suck. Just my $0.02
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Running an accel coil with a hypertech cap and rotor. Like them both. Got the hypertech cap because the accel was that ugly tan color.

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