Finally Going Single! Part 2 by cohbra

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Well, I tried to get the car out of the garage again today, but I'm still having issues getting it started. At one point, it started and idled on the front rotor only for a little bit, but I can't seem to get any spark on the rear rotor. I pulled the plugs and found that the leading plugs were dripping with fuel to the point that I could sling them and leave a wet stripe on the driveway. The funny thing is that I can only get it to fire for the first 5 or 6 times I try to start it, but after that, it gets harder and harder to get the damn thing to spin around without the starter pushing it if you know what I mean. It's like the coils (especially the rear) give up after the first few minutes.

To be honest, I have been a little lazy in this trouble-shooting process and I opened up another thread on this issue, which some of you may have seen in the 3rd Gen section. A long story short, I've always had my doubts as to the "REAL" benefit of the HKS Twin Power (which I currently have installed) and I jumped the gun this afternoon and ordered an MSD 6AL and 4 Blaster coils without really doing much research beforehand, or even knowing what to order. I wish I hadn't ordered them now. I see a lot of people out there still swearing by the Twin Power and it's ability to make reliable power over 500 HP even with AI.

I haven't really committed to a decision on exactly what I expect to get out of my set up, maybe because I don't want to fall short of my goals, or maybe because I have seen so much conflicting information out there. If I had to give a number, on the spot, I would have to say that I would be happy with 450 rwhp. Whether that is possible or not, I guess I don't know. However, it is a target I can use when I try to explain where I would like to be when I'm trying to decide on which route to go in my current predicament.

So... What we have is a goal of 450 rwhp, 1680 primaries, 850 secondaries, Dual Walbro fuel pumps, Water/Meth AI (not set up yet, but installed), Greddy T04Z, and an HKS Twin Power on NGK B10EGV's all around. See signature for other mods. I'm good at fabricating, and all of the other B.S. but I just don't feel that I have the experience necessary to KNOW what I should do here. Reading about this stuff on paper (or the internet) is one thing, but reality is often another. I would love to hear from people with first hand experience on the matter. Honestly, if it hadn't been for a thread I read on Howard Coleman's CDI setup that he used to have, I would have just stick with the Twin Power. (If your reading this Howard, please chime in). 

I have done some searches, but I didn't really find much in the way of 3rd Gen's. What I did find was mostly people saying, "I run this", and "I run that". I would like to avoid that here if possible.

If you have first hand experience, would you...

1. Go with the MSD 6AL and Blaster 8207 coils

2. Stick with the HKS Twin Power

3. Go with some other option