Performance upgrade...
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Performance upgrade...
For those of you interested in more horsepower, have you ever considered an ignition amplifier? I have no idea what it does or is but a friend of mine has one on an old Volvo swears he gained lots of performance from it.
Does anyone have any experience with one or have tried one? I know they're poplular with the import crowd. Maybe there are benefits to our power hungry egos.
Any info would be great!!
Does anyone have any experience with one or have tried one? I know they're poplular with the import crowd. Maybe there are benefits to our power hungry egos.
Any info would be great!!
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These are really only necessary on high compression vehicles, or ones with turbo's and superchargers. The stock coil produces plenty of spark on a stock truck, but the higher compression s/c'd trucks and turbo cars can cause the spark to "blow out" and not ignite the gas as well.
Import guys buy them because they look cool.
Dan
Import guys buy them because they look cool.
Dan
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I think I remember reading some of Gadget's comments on this subject. Apparently he considered doing it but was told that the ignition system that comes on 3rd gen runners is one of the best stock systems available. Gadget was told that it was not necessary to upgrade the ignition system because it is so good. Do a search over on the OW board... the thread was pretty recent, within the last week or 2 I believe.
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