MSD Coil, and Ford Racing 9mm wires.

[Blaze86Vic]

Title says it all. I bought a MSD coil that puts out 48,000volts as upposed to the stocker 38,000volts. While doing this I went ahead and upgraded my 8mm Motorcraft wires to 9mm Ford Racing wires. I spent a little time running the wires because I had to enlarg my wire looms for the 9mm. And because I wanted them to be run super clean, and not have to worry about them hitting the headers.

[Archangel]

You run the same setup as me, but you have the coil on the right fender - smart thing, I was dumb enough to put mine on the left and ended up leaving extra slack in all the wiring so when I stomp on the gas and the engine twists nothing gets ripped off. Not too bad, but not as clean as I wanted it. By the way, I have a favor to ask you of - next time you have the hood open with the engine running, please listen to the coil and tell me if it rattes as it discharges, mine does that and it's really bugging me as it seems that I'm the only one experiencing it :drug:

[Paul_]

[gadget73]

You run the same setup as me, but you have the coil on the right fender - smart thing, I was dumb enough to put mine on the left and ended up leaving extra slack in all the wiring so when I stomp on the gas and the engine twists nothing gets ripped off. Not too bad, but not as clean as I wanted it. By the way, I have a favor to ask you of - next time you have the hood open with the engine running, please listen to the coil and tell me if it rattes as it discharges, mine does that and it's really bugging me as it seems that I'm the only one experiencing it :drug:

Mine does that. I have the generic Summit upgrade coil and it makes like a buzzing noise. I don't have a condensor on it tho. I have one to install, but just haven't gotten around to it. I'll ground the coil bracket and add the condensor to see if it helps. I can hear it firing with the hood closed if I stand next to the wheel on that side and listen for it.

And thats stock location for a 1986, over on the pass. fender. 87+ stuck it on the AC bracket.

I like those wires. I have a set on my car and they're quite nice. Great price too, pretty much the same as stock Motorcraft and they're bigger and blue which in and of itself must be good for 5-10 hp.

[Archangel]

Gadget, you've seen how mine's done - neither plugging the condeser in, nor grounding the whole damn thing with 6g wire helped a bit, it's still loud as hell. Of course the plastic inner fender resonating under it might have a big contribution to the noise, but I prefer my coil noisy and dry than the quiet but wet AC bracket location... it's just ridiculous how much water can actually get to it through the radiator in a nice heavy rain forced by strong oncoming wind.

And yes, Ford Racing wires are indeed pretty, just don't touch them with dirty fingers :drug:

[Grand Marquis GT]

Lookin' good!

[DuceAnAHalf]

i think that thte Ford Racing wires were a little to long for my application. I have to keep 5-8 off the header by running it above the breather. I ve got that same blaster TFI coil on mine

[Grand Marquis GT]

Also, I run the straight plug boots, and in order to keep them off the header, I used zipties!!

[Blaze86Vic]

The coil tics on mine, and I do have the condensor on it. It was what I expected with a 48,000 volt coil. That's about 27% more than the stock coild, when it was new.

[85crownHPP]

Every set of wires Ive bought have been a little long... you definitly have to get creative to run them neatly.

Oh my coil is supposed to be a high output Borg Warner - its on my driver fenderwell and I dont hear any noise. I have the doo dad on it and a small ground. I mostly bought it beacause i needed a new coil and thi one is grey

[phayzer5]

and you think getting shocked with a stock ignition was fun

[Grand Marquis GT]

and you think getting shocked with a stock ignition was fun

I should know, I got hit about 4 times when I initially converted to carb!

[boXman]

Ohhh...Ahhh

[gadget73]

and you think getting shocked with a stock ignition was fun

I should know, I got hit about 4 times when I initially converted to carb!

I was adjusting the timing on my friend's Firebird, he had poked holes in the tops of all the wires at the coil to ground them out as he was playing with it to get the firing order correct. I didn't know it at the time but suddenly that fucker lit my ass up. I had my hand right across the top of the distributor cap and I think the dizzy spun a full turn before it threw me off. That sucked. GM HEI ignitions have a healthy kick to them.