there is far more to consider that "saving a dollar".
If the stock coils lasted for (insert your mileage here)
And the Accels only last for 50K.. how much money have you saved?
on my 98 car, at 196,000 miles the stock coils are still perfect.
that is roughly 4 times the service life of an aftermarket coil.
SO unless they are 4 times cheaper, your not saving any money.
If price is your only concern, then I really should bow out of this conversation.
the best tuners in the industry plainly state.. there is NO benifit to these aftermarket coils.
you have to understand how these coils work though.
The stock coil has two modes of operation
Cranking Spark which is much higher than Running Spark.
Cranking spark NEEDS to be higher due to the stone cold combustion chamber.
Running spark doenst need this boost due to cylinder temp which helps keep the fuel atomized.
The aftermarket nitwits just put the coils in "bridge mode" which means they are firing at "cranking spark" ALL THE TIME.
this does 3 things
adds more spark than is needed to properly ignite the fuel mixture.
more spark does not mean more power
it also increases the "dwell" time of the coil, because the coils have to recharge to the higher voltage before firing.. increased dwell time is not benifitial because it in effect is "retarding" your timing, due to the additional dwell time.
it also wears out the aftermarket coil FASTER, which is why they dont last as long.
When people that know more about cars than I say.. "dont use them, they suck".. "I" am not to smart to listen to them.
Are you?
