EMT_156 Posted February 26, 2012 Report Posted February 26, 2012 Since I have the topend of the engine on my wife's Lumina torn apart I was thinking of doing some small upgrades. One of which is the coils. Has anyone used the the Summit or Accell coils and if so how well did they work. I was also thing of making a CAI for it has anyone done one of those as well. Thanks. Quote
Garrett Powered Posted February 26, 2012 Report Posted February 26, 2012 Garrett makes a nice one. expensive though, to save money get coils at the JY Quote
Garrett Powered Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 to accell your coils get into tunerpro5 and advance the timing. make sure you have fel-pro severe duty head gaskets. Quote
EMT_156 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Posted February 27, 2012 How expensive is expensive? Where can I get them?? Quote
Garrett Powered Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 if you got the top end off then think about a tgp turbo kit on it which has a garrett turbo stock. shouldnt be tooooo expensive. Quote
EMT_156 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Posted February 27, 2012 if you got the top end off then think about a tgp turbo kit on it which has a garrett turbo stock. shouldnt be tooooo expensive.If it was my car then yes it would be gettin a turbo, but it's the wife's car. She would have the thing blown up if I turboed it. Quote
slick Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 You will see zero benefits in aftermarket coils on these cars. Quote
AWeb80 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 You will see zero benefits in aftermarket coils on these cars. X2 Just a way to waste money Quote
alec_b Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 If you really want better coils, stay away from the aftermarket crap and get a set of SII Supercharged off a regal/bonne/GTP etc. Those factory coils are slightly more powerful than the rest. They are a direct bolt-on. Quote
EMT_156 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Posted February 27, 2012 glad I asked. I am gonna have the car tuned. My buddy is set up for tuning Chevys Quote
RobertISaar Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 If you really want better coils, stay away from the aftermarket crap and get a set of SII Supercharged off a regal/bonne/GTP etc. Those factory coils are slightly more powerful than the rest. They are a direct bolt-on. is there proof of this, it's the first mention of it i've seen? Quote
EMT_156 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Posted February 27, 2012 Have you had experience with the aftermarket coils. Quote
MonteCarloDude Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 is there proof of this, it's the first mention of it i've seen? I have heard of it, but i have not seen any proof of it yet. If mine take a crap i'l grab a set just to see. @ OP: Stick with OEM. I have seen W-bodys with 500+ HP running stock coil packs with no problems. Quote
alec_b Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 I don't know if there's any "proof". I heard this years ago on the bonneville forums. Most people that switch claim slightly smoother idle and a better seat of the pants feel. I've never tried it myself but feedback has been good. Quote
RobertISaar Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 that's like saying one of those TPS modifier boxes work... i'd need to see proof, multimeter tests preferably, with multiple test pieces to rule out factory tolerances. Quote
AWeb80 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 yep, sounds like the placebo effect to me Quote
alec_b Posted February 27, 2012 Report Posted February 27, 2012 It's entirely possible, but the coils ARE different between SC and non-SC cars. They have different PN's. SC: 10477602 Non: 10472401 Quote
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