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Title: Ignition Coil Up-grade
Post by: AWK on August 25, 2015, 05:12:47 PM
The OEM  coil died on my 97 TJ.   This is a toy so I can wait ( not long ) to get what I want.  My Jeep and under hood is red so I would like a red one.  MSD would be the choice.  Anyone use a MSD coil, if so which one.

AWK
Title: Re: Ignition Coil Up-grade
Post by: Jeffy on August 25, 2015, 06:13:48 PM
I use the Performance Distributors Screamin Demon.
Title: Re: Ignition Coil Up-grade
Post by: Hunter02 on August 25, 2015, 11:22:28 PM
AWK, my mechanic wants me to ask you what happened to fry your coil. He's 55 yrs old and has never had to replace one of that type ever. A couple years back I asked him to put a ScreaminDemon on my '98 TJ and he said that with my driving habits, I was wasting my money.
'98 TJ, stock 2.5L, A/T 3.73 rear, 31.10.50s
I kind of live below the 3K RPM mark.
We were just wondering.
Hunter
Title: Re: Ignition Coil Up-grade
Post by: AWK on August 26, 2015, 09:26:02 AM
Hunter,  I wish I knew why.  This Jeep has always had a slight miss in higher RPM.   I can't complain, it only had 159,000 miles on it.    I borrowed a coil from the neighbor and all is well.  I only started it, didn't have time for full test.   My little banger run 4:56 on 32's, so 3000 is easy to achieve. 

AWK
Title: Re: Ignition Coil Up-grade
Post by: jfrabat on September 03, 2015, 05:45:16 PM
AWK, my mechanic wants me to ask you what happened to fry your coil. He's 55 yrs old and has never had to replace one of that type ever. A couple years back I asked him to put a ScreaminDemon on my '98 TJ and he said that with my driving habits, I was wasting my money.
'98 TJ, stock 2.5L, A/T 3.73 rear, 31.10.50s
I kind of live below the 3K RPM mark.
We were just wondering.
Hunter

I have fried a fair share of coils...  I think the tally is 3 screaming demons, 1 accel, and a bunch of OEM ones...  So far, though, I have been on the same coil for a couple of years, so so far so good!  Granted, I only dirve the Jeep about a thousand miles per year, but still, not bad...
Title: Re: Ignition Coil Up-grade
Post by: BlueFlu on September 10, 2015, 02:33:50 PM
I know you asked about MSD, I have run MSD in the past on muscle cars and loved them but could not find a part # for the 2.5. 
I So I put an Accel on my '94 a few months back.  Ended up having to rework the connector a little bit to get it stay on.  Over all I'm happy with it.  I picked it up from Jegs for less than a stock replacement from FLAPS.