[s-cars] 034 high output coils

[manuelsanchez at starpower.net]

Cody,

I got mine this April. At the time he said he had only heard of 1 other car having a fittment problem with the bracket.

Thanks for the heads up on the crossfire issue. I'll move the shortening of the wires up on my list of things to do. Checked out the links to the MSD tool. Couldn't find a price for the main tool, if the replacement dies for it are $30ish I guess the tool itself must be 2 or 3x that. Looks like the $5 tool is in my future.

-manny



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>
>It's nice to hear that others had issues too. Javad made it out to me  
>like I was doing something wrong and that he's never heard so much as  
>a peep about the coils not fitting (likewise about the GT2071 turbo  
>install issues I had).
>
>When did you guys buy your coil kits? I installed them in December of  
>this past year IIRC and it was then that Javad insured me that  
>documention was going to be a major priority and supplied with furure  
>kits ASAP.  I also suggested to him that if he revised the bracket  
>just so it would shift forward about an inch it would solve  
>everything. I guess he ignored that suggestion as well. We spent a few  
>hours on the phone, after some heated e-mails, and I really thought  
>some of these issues were to be fixed. I also had a ton of issues with  
>the installation of thier GT2071 kit, so I became pretty displeased  
>with thier product quality, and especially so with thier pricing. I  
>can provide links to websites and piece together a GT2081 setup at  
>full retail prices for $200 less then thier kit, and in many cases  
>using higher quality products doing so. :-/
>
>
>Phil you mentioned you had no signs of cross firing. You won't notice  
>anything until one day your driving along and suddenly your crankshaft  
>comes through the oil pan ;-). Seriously it's not pretty when the  
>wrong spark finds the wrong hole, and it only takes one time to  
>destroy your engine. It's very likely to not be something you can see  
>hapening. As the boost pressure and likewise the peak cylinder  
>pressure increases the air in the cylinder becomes more resistant to  
>the arc, and the path of least resistance to ground can become a path  
>through the wire insulation. You best chances of a cross fire event is  
>at maximum boost and engine load, hardly likely that you'd be under  
>the hood to see any arcing ;-). Just a warning, feel free to excersize  
>you own opinion, I'm not trying to be rude or anyting ;-).
>
>
>The plug wire tool I use is this one by MSD:
>http://www.msdignition.com/tool_7.htm
>
>Super easy, and it provides a gauge for measuring the insulation cuts  
>which is nice. You squeeze it in a vice to make the crimp.
>
>More expensive, more professional, tool:
>http://www.msdignition.com/wire_13.htm
>
>Then you'll just need some crimp ends. I re-used the boots that came  
>on the wires to keep the clean look. On MSD's website they list boots  
>and crimps together in packs of 100, which just may be more then  
>you'll need ;-). I'm sure you can find them locally in smaller  
>quanities.
>
>
>-Cody Forbes
>
>
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