true...Any questionable elecs and either epic will not live long. but Ive personally had and spoke with more than a few epic and hx3 owners with new elecs that had them go bad within a few months. The flame handles heat better with no analog to dig conversion and lasts much longer. epic and hx3 failures give huge pre ignition on start circuit when they fail and cause kick back hard enough to shear flywheel gears,break off teeth on starter, and bendix,that get caught in fw and destroy stator,put flat spots in wrist pin bearings,and damage rods. Use a Google search atp epic/atp hx3/xh20. the search function here sucks. Its not a rare happening.There are quite a few threads here going back yrs all with the same type issues i listed and whats pictured above.almost never covered under warranty replacement,much less all your other broken parts.... msd tl do fail sometimes also...but if it fails,it just doesnt make spark at all, Ill take that over grenades thrown at my motor.
