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Old 04-19-2003, 01:22 AM
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I was changing the oil in my car today and neither me or my dad could figure out what those 3 semi-cylendrical shaped things are that are to the left of the spark plug wires. They each had 2 numbers on them, ranging from 1 - 6, so we firgured one for every two cylinders (V6). Can someone tell me what these are and what they do? Im just a little curious, thats all.
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Those are the ignition coil packs. There ought to be six spark plug wires attached to them and one running to each cylinder.
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They replace the distibutor in newer cars, running off of sensors instead of driven by the cam.
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And if you go to Jegs.com you can replace them with shiny high performance red MSD ones. The red on them alone is good for 5-10 hp.
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Is brminder saying that I can get more horses with MSD coil packs? If so tell me. I'm always lookin for cheap performance upgrades.
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