New Coils no start?

dslocal

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Well I decided to swap out my stock coils for a set of msd coils I swiped off a junk yard mustang,(basically new) Anyways I wired them in tonight and went to start up the car and had NOTHING...
I haven't checked for spark yet but will tomorrow, I don't know what could have done wrong.
Does anyone know if a different resistance coil could change something?
Any ideas of things to check please throw them out there.
These are the coils too. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MSD-8242/
 

apexi287

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I could be wrong but I believe mustang coils are cdi, atleast the factory ones and can't work in conjunction with the 1J ignitor. Unless your running a cdi ignitor I don't think they'll work. I hope it didn't mess anything else up. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I'd park first though and go from there. I'm assuming it ran before so either the first mentioned is the case or re-check what you did.
 

dslocal

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Ya I was messing around with it today and it actually runs better with coils 2 and 3 unplugged than with all of them plugged in.
O well figured it was worth a shot.