[V8] Dizzy Seals

[Scott Simmons]

I coulda sworn I've seen it, though.  Some guy smooshed a V8 into his 80 
or 90?  And it had COP ignition.  Or was that an A8 4.2 to begin with?

Tony and Lillie wrote:

>There is a very significant difference, though. The S-cars had a 
>distributorless ignition from the factory. The V8's use distributors. So, 
>you would have to completely re-engineer the spark system on a V8. And, have 
>an ECU of some sort to fire the coils as well.
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>Tony Hoffman
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>From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net>
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>Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [V8] Dizzy Seals
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>>Scott Simmons wrote:
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>>>This is why the ignition system components cost so much.  They ONLY fit
>>>the V8.  The spark plug wires would probably fit the A8, but coil on 
>>>plug.
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>>Dave Forgie of the S-car list figured out how to fit the A4 coil-on-plug
>>bits to the I-5 turbo, bypassing the failure-prone POS Power Output
>>System pieces.
>><http://www.s-cars.org/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=getit&lid=30>
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>>I would like to think someone on the V8 list could work similar magic
>>with A8 (or A4/A6) bits on the V8.
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>>-- 
>>Kent McLean
>>'91 200 TQA #1, for sale
>>'91 200 TQA #2, no name yet
>>'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
>>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke
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