This is the MSD TFI Performance Coil for the 1986 to 1995 5 liter Mustang.
This is a direct performance replacement, so this could be something that you're gonna
wanna check out if you're looking to replace your current coil because it's that time,
or if you're looking for a performance upgrade.
This coil is a high-performance coil with a higher output than the stock coil, so it's
an upgrade over the factory unit.
This is also currently the most budget-friendly coil option that's on the site, and that's
a good option for those of you out there that are trying to keep things budget minded.
The install for a coil on a 5 liter is very easy.
It's a one out of three wrenches in the difficulty meter, you can plan on it taking a half hour
to an hour tops to get it on the car.
The 5 liter Mustang has one single coil that's responsible for all eight cylinders.
Keeping up on your ignition parts like your coil, your spark plug wires, the cap and rotor
and your spark plugs is always important, but especially so in the older 5 liter.
The coil is your control center here, so without a good coil, you can't have good spark performance.
This coil from MSD is a direct performance replacement.
That means it's a direct replacement for the stock coil, but it has a higher performance
than the stock coil does.
Even if you aren't looking for a high-performance upgrade, this is still a good stock replacement.
You won't be messing anything up by adding a higher output coil to your stock system,
so this really is a good option for anyone looking for a coil.
I will say that when you're looking over your car for a tune-up, they should keep in mind
those other items that I mentioned earlier.
If you're looking for a new coil, it's a really good idea to replace the cap and rotor while
you're at it since that isn't expensive to do.
You're also gonna want to check out your spark plug wires too.
If you're having trouble with your with your car currently, it's a good idea to just replace
all of these things in one shot.
If your car has old components that aren't working that well, you're gonna notice a big
difference in how the car runs.
When it comes to price, you're gonna expect to pay under $50 for this coil.
It is currently the most affordable coil option on the website, but you can always check out
some of the other offerings that we have too if you aren't sure that you wanted to go with
the MSD.
There's a Ford Motorcraft Coil and an Excel [SP] and a Performance Distributors option
as well.
As far as the install goes, this is an easy one.
It's a one out of three wrenches in the difficulty meter, and you can plan on spending a half
hour to an hour tops getting this on your car.
You'll just need some basic hand tools, and nothing special to get the job done.
All right, to replace your coil, it's pretty easy, it's just a couple of wire leads and
a couple of screws.
But because we're working with our ignition system, we're gonna play it safe, and we're
gonna make sure we disconnect our battery before we get started.
All right, so even though our battery has been relocated to our trunk, same rules apply,
we're just gonna disconnect our negative battery terminal.
Now that we have our battery disconnected, it's safe for us to start working in this
thing.
Now, we have to remove these four screws from our coil, unfortunately, some of our wires
from our harness are getting in the way, so we're gonna go ahead and remove those.
In our case, we're gonna use a nine-sixteen socket.
All right, so now we have some of our wire harness wires out of the way, we're gonna
be able to get to our screws.
Before we remove those, we're gonna go ahead and disconnect all the wire leads that are
attached to the coil itself.
Okay, so with all of our leads disconnected from our coil, it's time for us to actually
remove the coil from the vehicle.
It's secured by these four screws, which are quarter-inch sockets, and we'll remove those
now.
So, now that we have our old coil out of the vehicle, we can go ahead and put our new coil
in.
Our new coil does come with new hardware, but if you want to, you can use your original
hardware as well.
Now that we have our new coil in the vehicle, we're gonna go ahead and reconnect all of
our electrical leads.
Now, you might notice our vehicle actually has spade connectors coming from the ignition,
yours might have a quick disconnect pin instead, however they do function the same.
Now that we have our new coil installed in the vehicle, we can go ahead and reconnect
all the leads that we took off from our wiring harness.
Okay, so now that we have all of our leads reconnected to our vehicle, all we gotta do
is reconnect the negative battery terminal, and we'll be good to go.
Okay, so now that we have our negative battery terminal reconnected to the vehicle, that
actually wraps up our install.
Go ahead and double check all of your leads and connections one more time, start the vehicle
over, and you should be good to go.
I'm Travis.
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