[s-cars] 1.8T coilpack coversion

[Kent McLean]

Ez Veedub wrote:
> Just to let you know, the 4 pin push in coil packs have the POS internal. 
> This is what is burning out in the coils. Either way, internal or external, 
> the POS always seems to burn out. IMO, I would prefer to use the 3 pin 
> Hitachi, and relocate the original UrS4/S6 POS to the plenum area. This 
> would keep the heat off the POS and prevent them from burning out. The 
> firewall mount is just not going to cut it, especially with the turbo and 
> exhaust blasting it with heat.

Early Honda VFR motorcycles have/had a problem with their
regulator/rectifier burning out due to excessive heat. Here
is a solution you might consider to cool the POS; it uses a
CPU fan from a PC to blow air over the reg-rec:

http://www.one-ring.net/vfrfaq/reg-rect.html

-- 
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke