Coil pack reloations Please post some pics and where are you putting them.
03-08-2010, 07:58 PM
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Coil pack reloations Please post some pics and where are you putting them. Im thinking about relocating my truck coil packs off the valve covers to make more room. I wanted to know what wires everyone was using and is there a good relocation kit for truck coils. I know there are some for the car coils. What location on the car are you putting your coils?
What is a good race plug wire to buy?
Does anyone fab of a plate to mount the coils that you can buy?
thanks for anyone imput and please post up some pics of your set up. I did a search and only found a few under the car detailing section and none under the drag section.
What is a good race plug wire to buy?
Does anyone fab of a plate to mount the coils that you can buy?
thanks for anyone imput and please post up some pics of your set up. I did a search and only found a few under the car detailing section and none under the drag section.
03-09-2010, 04:56 PM
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i put mine under the dash with taylor wires there the thundervolt wires i think,cant help ya on the truck coils tho im using car coils also i dont have any heat or ac so i got plenty of room to fit them under there gives it a nice clean look and keeps the heat away ill try an get sum pics up in a few
03-09-2010, 05:52 PM
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If I keep the coils, I was going to put them inside, truck ones too. I was gonna use some plastic spacers, nuts and threaded rod to mount them together, and have 2 holes one on each side to run the wires thru. Less wires on the engine in the engine bay too, making everything just that little bit cleaner.
03-10-2010, 04:50 AM
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Actually everyone I know that has done it just put a hole in the firewall, ran a rubber grommit on the hole, then slid the 4 wires thru... didn't use any of those.... not sure if it's right or not but that's what they did. No problems that I know of.
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i didnt use a bulk head pass through like that just 2 holes in the firewall with grommets with the 4 wires per bank goin through with no problems not the best pictures but it def. cleans up the engine bay nicely with them tucked inside
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well, its just not the best idea. as we know, spark traveling through a spark plug wire emits an EMF, which can actually fire another plug. its bad enough to just have the EMF being disturbed with a ground like the firewall, but if you're doing it like you're saying, you've bunched up the plug wires, 4 through 1 hole? not good. that can cause missfires. imagine if you're having misses at 5000 rpm on the jug?
the factory seperates plug wires for this very reason. i've heard of people burning up motors in trucks while towing because they zip tied the plug wires together.
the factory seperates plug wires for this very reason. i've heard of people burning up motors in trucks while towing because they zip tied the plug wires together.
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i think i'd be a little wiser to mount em near the oil pan, or make some sort of seperator out of phenolic for all 8 plug wires. something like (0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0)
03-11-2010, 12:20 PM
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Hmmm. That's interesting, I can see it being an issue, but have never heard of anynoe having a problem.
I'm considering the GM distributor front cover at this point anyway, if that ends up in the car this becomes a non-issue.
Problem with putting them down on the oilpan area is getting the plug wires up thru the headers without worrying about them melting.
Unless you have upswept turbo headers, then in that case there may be alot of room.
I'm considering the GM distributor front cover at this point anyway, if that ends up in the car this becomes a non-issue.
Problem with putting them down on the oilpan area is getting the plug wires up thru the headers without worrying about them melting.
Unless you have upswept turbo headers, then in that case there may be alot of room.
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Hmmm. That's interesting, I can see it being an issue, but have never heard of anynoe having a problem.
I'm considering the GM distributor front cover at this point anyway, if that ends up in the car this becomes a non-issue.
Problem with putting them down on the oilpan area is getting the plug wires up thru the headers without worrying about them melting.
Unless you have upswept turbo headers, then in that case there may be alot of room.
I'm considering the GM distributor front cover at this point anyway, if that ends up in the car this becomes a non-issue.
Problem with putting them down on the oilpan area is getting the plug wires up thru the headers without worrying about them melting.
Unless you have upswept turbo headers, then in that case there may be alot of room.
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you can use that the entire length of the wire, heat shrink each end, then use some of those boot protectors, although i dont think you'd need em with an ls1.
also, doesnt vengance make a better front dist setup? i know someone came out with one recently, its cleaner and lighter than the GM setup.
