[V8] COPS! No, the good kind!

[Seamus O'Carey]

Well let me know if you decide to go that route.  I have a pair of the
aluminum COP brackets from 034 that I probably won't be using.  They were
part of my B4 90 V8 swap project that I scrapped.

Seamus

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Bryan Kamerer <kamerer at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > True,  but some of the best are toyota truck coils,  and you can get em
> > used very cheap.  They are fine used and can burn for a good long time.
> >  Even then the common 4 pin ones we use are 50 to 65 new.
>
>
> That is what I mean - the Toyota truck coils (that is the same as the Land
> Cruiser).  The cheapest new aftermarket ones I could find were Beck-Arnley
> units at about $80/per.  That was from a local shop, so $65-online before
> shipping sounds like the same thing.  They last 13 months/11,000 miles for
> me, though.  The Denso-made OEM toyota ones are better, but pricey new.
> They
> can be found used, but then, they are going to have a lot less life in
> them.  Having the coil stuck down in the cylinder head where it heat cycles
> with engine temps is just bad for longevity.
>
> Part of the reason you can get away with the maintenance headache with them
> on higher-mileage newer vehicles is you have OBDII.  Stop, plug in the
> reader, see which coil failed and swap in a new one - 20 minutes (less if
> it's one of the front cylinders that are immediately accessible).  But with
> the v8 you don't have that OBDII diagnostic aid.
>
> I am most certainly not saying this is a foolish idea or not to play with
> it; just don't expect future maintenance ease, improved reliability or
> lower
> costs, even with new aftermarket coils or Toyota truck take-offs.  You
> would
> be doing it for performance gains.
>
> Bryan
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