Jacobs Pro-Street Ultra Team Ignition

Price Paid:  $100.00 from SummitRacing

Year / Model Reviewed:
2005 Jacobs wires / coil

Summary:
DEFINITELY WORKED...

I had been curious about jacobs electronics after reading Dr. jacobs book.
I have a 70 Dodge Coronet with a 318 engine which used to run points. I installed the chrysler conversion kit... (which was piss poor from chrysler by the way I had to replace the pickup unit and reluctor with aftermarket pieces to get it to work). Once that was up and running,I bought the jacobs wires and the jacobs coil for $100 (the stock looking coil one not the ultra coil) I opened up my spark plug gap to .045 (from 035)and I must say it was a noticeable improvement. Very fast starts, smoother idle, slightly better acceleration and mpg. so for $100 I was happy... I then bought the mileage master computer ignition system for $300.
from Summit. I had to really think before installing it... because of the size/logistics of the engine bay and the connections etc... However, this was fairly easy to work out. The system basically dropped in and has worked better than I expected it to (so far).
I have only put about 2-3 hundred miles on it but the gas mileage has gone up from about 15-16 to 19-20.... I wasnt really looking for improved performance (you know 100 HP) but better economy and better starts-- I definitely got it...

Strengths:
it does work...

Weaknesses:
I thought the kit was overpriced at 300.00
its bulky and does not look stock...

Similar Products Used:
Stock points & chrysler Electronic conversion kit

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $350.00 from Jacobs

Year / Model Reviewed:
1991 Corvette

Summary:
The first unit failed out of the box, sent it back and got a replacement. Amazing difference in the car, more power. About a year later the unit died while I was driving,out of warranty of course, towed to a Chevy dealership, put back on a distributor cap and coil wire, as original bypassing the system and the car ran fine. How do solid state units like this crap out, beats me. Had another unit on an 85 Vette, no problems with that one. Also bought a unit for a 93 Explorer I had, sent the first one back and no problems with the second one. so, now i have one for an early Exlorer and one for an 85-91 Vette if anyone is interested.

Strengths:
Great performance

Weaknesses:
pain to install, bulky

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $249.00 from Direct from Jacobs

Year / Model Reviewed:
1999 Ultra Team Ignition System

Summary:
I have a 1972 Pontiac Lemans Sport Convertible with the Endura/GTO bumper option. The car is equiped with a 350 ci. pontiac engine, 8 to 1 compression, and a 4 barrel carb. The rear end is about a 3.30. My Lemans got horrible gas miles (15 mpg) while cruising at 55-60 miles per hour. I had many cars (68 Cutlass Convertible) get better mileage (around 18 mpg). I bought the Ultra Team ignition system, put it on my car it the difference in idle quality, bottom end torque, and mpg was STUNNING. The car drove better in stop and go traffic, and I improve my average miles per gallon from 15.3 mpg to over 18 mpg.

Strengths:
More torque,
Better idle
3.5 more miles per gallon

Weaknesses:
Does not look "stock"

Price Paid:  $380.00 from summit racing

Summary:
piece of crap im on my 2nd one in a year. my truck starts for about 2 minuts and just does, fouls plugs, revs really high and has ruined one of my pistons because of the high rev in the morning! but does give great power when it works.......when it works ha ha ha

Strengths:
doesnt break when hit with hammer

Weaknesses:
sucks. i hope th einventor of jacobs ignition burns in hell

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $230.00 from on-line

Year / Model Reviewed:
1997 Chevy S-10

Summary:
Product does not live up to the hype.

Strengths:
None

Weaknesses:
product failed in my driveway yesterday while backing truck out. bypassed unit with old coil wire and truck started right up. Did a 0-60 time later and could not tell a difference between this and the stock ignition. for this much money i would expect a unit to last the life of the car, but this one wouldn't outlast the stock ignition. truck is equipped with k&n filtercharger, gibson performance exhaust and has been hypertech'ed. granatelli MAF sensor installed, too. I have achieved noticeable performance gains with everything but the pro street igntion system. could tell no difference in performance and mileage and now it has quit on me. Will Jacobs do anything for me?? hope their service is better than their product...