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Originally Posted by JayChicago
I don't know the answer to that. I'm thinking while the extra capability is not needed, I can't see how it hurts anything. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe under some unusual conditions it could cause arcing in the distributor while a lesser coil would just not discharge at all.
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That reminds me of the time about I put a top-end MSD ignition system (distributor, control box, and coil) on the 276 Merc in my old '36. The spark was so hot that it actually "ate" through the central (coil) terminal on the MSD distributor cap after a couple of months. After a couple of such occurrences, I replaced the red MSD cap with a respectable OEM black GM cap (which fit perfectly) and solved the problem.
It seems in some case, you CAN have to hot of a spark.