Ok, I'm doing a tune up on my 85 GSL-SE and there are two types of coils a Mitsubishi and a Hanshin listed for replacements. How do I find out which one I have? The coils in the car now say Diamond LB-84 12V 5218.

Thanks Alot

 

buy after market coils that produce more spark, they dont cost that much more and will smoth out your engine.

 

I use MSD Blaster 2 coils.

 

Actually, aftermarket coils are usually cheaper - maybe not blasters but, IMO, those are over kill in a stock set up. Accel's are decent and cheap

 

Hanshin and Bosch work.

 

I went with Crane Fireball's from Victoria British, and can't say that I noticed any difference at all. Piece of mind is worth the added expense, however.

The original coils seem to work just fine after 20 years, and for tune-up purposes, it seems that money is better spent on a new cap and rotor, new plugs, and a new air filter, rather than replacing coils to get better performance. This is for stock, or slightly- modified, of course.

If it were me, I would spend the extra money on a quality timing light and an oil-change - you'll probably experience better performance by checking your timing now and then, and having clean oil to inject. HTH,

 

i used 3 accels for my dlidfis setup, and they are garbage, they wern't even sparking my trailing, and the spark for the leading isn't that hot, i was dissapointed, but a good price though

 

just use second gen coils. get the whole igniter and coil for leading. instant direct fire! and use a leading igniter and trailing coil for the trailing. cheap and easy, good power gains too

 

on a sidenote I bought accel's plug wires and one of them went after maybe 2 months. Between that and other feedback I'm not so sure about Accel.

 

When i switched from stock to Accel wires and coils, it was like a whole new car. It starts alot better when its cold now.

 

What's in your car?

 

Thanks for all the replies, but my question did not get answered. What is the difference between the Mitsubishi and Hanshin coils?

 

msd/ second gen coil leading, secondgen trailing coil on the trailing. the secondgen igniter is in work

 

Sounds like to me the mits and hanshin are stock replacements, dont know. I do know the mitsubishi is the stock coil. I also know, is I have used MSD Blaster2 coils and have experienced noticable gains.

 

You're also running a direct fire set up with an MSD - in this case, blasters makes sense. For stock replacements (firing up those stock ignitors), way too much money and the gains would be most likely unnoticeable.

sounds like a few bad experineces with Accel (and a few good ones) - I have run Accel for 5 years on 2 different FB's and they work great. Both cars were set up with MSD's

 

I'd say the Mitsubishi coil is like the Hanshin as well. Just look for any wording on the coil which should tell you if it is supposed to be hooked to a transistor ignition, or a ballast resistor/points ignition. Hanshin and Bosch both say this, as do Diamond.

 

I had accel coils in my car and toasted one. Then i went and read and they arent rated for that high of reving, i think it is like 6000 or 7000 rpm but i cant remember exactly. Also i have toasted one of the accel spark plug wires it was grounding itself on the bar going across. I went and put in msd blasters and there great

 

I have accels on my car and my spark is fine.