Looking for Good Coilpack

I'm in the market for a good performance coilpack for my 1997 Legacy L. 2.2l. Bought an MSD coilpack but it looks to me like it doesn't fit at all. If anyone can point me in the right direction it'd be greatly appreciated.

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Heads up. My MSD failed after 4 years.

was the performance gain enough to make it worth replacing?

I've read on several srt forums that the OEM srt 4 coil pack is more reliable than the msd unit. I'm going to do more research on that before I pull the trigger on that upgrade.

Originally Posted by Zues Marine

was the performance gain enough to make it worth replacing?

$75 every 4 years? I'd say, "hell yeah". The only issue w/99s+ is that the ECU will sense the increased fuel burn & add more fuel to "correct" it. 98 ECUs do this too but the correction isn't nearly as severe.

4 years of service is pretty good for an aftermarket electrical part, msd is a good coilpack. The gains in fuel efficiency alone will keep one under the hood of my car whether I have to replace it every four years or not. You can't spend 80 bucks on one part and expect a 10 hp or 10 mpg raise, just not going to happen. Imo its the best 80 dollars I spent in the last year.

Great im a 99+

So is the MSD not as affective? Or should I start using 91 or something so the ecu knows it wont pre detonate with increased spark?

Originally Posted by Sludgeroo

Great im a 99+

So is the MSD not as affective? Or should I start using 91 or something so the ecu knows it wont pre detonate with increased spark?

The MSD will still retain its effectiveness but you will lose an MPG or so with the bright side of a more responsive & linear power delivery as the fuel delivery increases to match the spark delivered. 91 is probably a little excessive. You're fine on 87. I've been using it the whole time & nothing bad has happened or will happen.

Oh nice. Im down for only power gain. That's what overtime is for, buying gas to burn! Haha

Its strange because I've never had the car respond the way its supposed to when you reset the ECU.
I remember a while ago you had told me how to do it.

Originally Posted by Sludgeroo

Its strange because I've never had the car respond the way its supposed to when you reset the ECU.
I remember a while ago you had told me how to do it.

Oh it responded but now you probably have a more linear power delivery. I know my ECU responded immediately & I felt the low end kick up a bit.

I haven't done this mod yet. Im just talking in terms of resetting the ecu...

Isn't it supposed to ramp up to 2k and settle down gradually? If so, mine never did that..

Originally Posted by Sludgeroo

Its strange because I've never had the car respond the way its supposed to when you reset the ECU.
I remember a while ago you had told me how to do it.

That's interesting about resetting ecu..how is that done, I still haven't had a chance to hook my car up to a scanner to clear my codes from that misfire, I'm sure the egr code is pending because of the delete, but I never knew an ecu reset could be done.

unhook the battery,
hold the brakes for a bit to purge the built up power,
let the car sit without a battery for an hour or so,

done