BadDog

Cignifigant,
I think I am with Ironman on this, I will call Herbert racing monday for a price. Should I stick with my stock 12 year old coil or upgrade to something else?

Ironman, let me know what you find for pricing. I will also check with a local guy here and see what his price is.

Tim T.

formula31

Buy the new coil, you wont be disappointed. I think its a something something-92. Just stay away from the plug wires when its running. It will knock you on your a##, But it will start instantly and idle low. I used the car version and had to use an MSD tach adaptor. Dont know if the marine version will run your tach. They have a great site, check it out. You will have to make a bracket to mount the coil and tach adaptor.

KAAMA

iTrader: (1)

This past summer I have used the Crane HI M6 ignition system in conjunction with the MSD billet distributor and the MSD crank trigger fire system and it all works together very well. I was using the PS92 coil but was told by Crane that the 92 coil is more for drag racing than endurance and have a tendency to heat up more. They told me that the PS91 coil is more for endurance situations such as mine so I will be switching over to the 91's...I don't want to end up having trouble with the 92's down the road.

Also, if you're switching from an MSD ignition box to a Crane box, the phasing is a little different from each other. We tried this last summer and experienced some cracking/popping backfires until we slightly rotated the the distributor which smoothed everything out and took care of the problem.

[ 02-05-2002: Message edited by: KAAMA ]

IRONMAN

KAAMA did you have any problems with your tachs working?

KAAMA

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Ironman, I didn't seem to have any tach problems. I had the smaller Auto Meter tachs in the begining (no problems) and then I switched to some Graffrig MONSTER tachs and still didn't experience any problems...none that I could see anyway.

BadDog

Ironman,
Summit had the Hi-6m for about 290 and Doug Herbert for around 299. Anyone have any better source for pricing? Local guy was 300.
Tim T.

KAAMA

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Try calling Lane Automotive(AKA Motor State)located in Michigan, and see what kind of price they give...they usually have good prices on the items they stock and keep in inventory---their warehouse is HUMONGOUS! 616-463-8136.

KAAMA

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Hey you guys! FYI, I called Crane again this AM and talked with one of the tech dept ignition guys and I told him that I had the Ps92's and was thinking about getting the Ps91's. I also told him that I was told by Crane months earlier that the PS92 was for drag applications and the 91 was more for endurance applications like mine. He said there are too many variables and then he asked about my specific application in which I told him twin MARINE naturally aspirated BB Chevy's and he told that I can "go around wearing a star on my forhead because I have the right coil for my application" and stick with the PS92's that I have. Got a good laugh out of the guy...that was funny!

[ 02-06-2002: Message edited by: KAAMA ]

NW_Jim

KAAMA, you slightly rotated the distributor? What do you mean? Did it crack and pop when timed correctly?

BadDog

KAAMA,
Lane said about 289.
Tim T.