I've been running an Accel coil and MSD 6AL for almost 40k, no problems
whatsoever. The cap/rotor/wires/plugs are a different story though. they
have been lasting about 10k for everything but the wires, they would have
gone longer but i just did them anyway since i was already there. I use the
autolite 3923's, napa brass cap/rotor, and msd heli-core wires. been
thinking about giving the JBA power cables a try though. That's pretty
suprizing that you had MSD wires go bad like that on you, I'm almost done
with my 4th set and i've never had a problem.
-Josh
2000 CC V6
""Mark"" <Mark1yourunderwear@teisprint.com> wrote in message
news:aspa00$jq1$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> Hi all,
> Just wondering, I have/had an MSD 5 (left over spare from an old race
car,
> never used) Blaster SS coil, NAPA solid brass cap and rotor, and MSD 8.8
mm
> wires on my pretty much stock 5.2 98 Dak. After about 26,000 daily driving
> miles, the MSD 5 box fried, the cap and rotor were toast (this didn't
really
> surprise me), and the #6 wire (about 20" long) is reading over 1600 ohms
> while #2 and the coil wire are over 300ohms. The rest of the wires are
fine,
> about 45 ohms/ft. What kind of life span have you all experienced with
these
> components. The box frying kind of surprised me. True, it's analog, but I
> thought it would have lasted longer. (glad an old sponsor paid for it).
The
> wires going bad also doesn't seem right, especially at about $65.00 a set.
I
> could have gotten 26K out of a cheap stock replacement set. I plan on
> putting a 6A box on now. Who has the most miles on theirs? Just curious as
> to how the rest of the group has faired.
>
> Mark
>
>
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