My coil relocation mini-project (pictures)
02-01-04, 04:06 PM
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Originally posted by jimlab
Me too. Did yours come with a stand, too?
Me too. Did yours come with a stand, too?
It's pretty decent. The only strange thing I've noticed with it is the blade mechanism doing some weird "stalling" sort of like a 3krpm hesitation every once in a while.
02-01-04, 06:54 PM
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If it stalls try to reground it ,if that does not fix it get a newer ECU for the electric motor . hehehehe ,, Really can you tighten the return spring like on the older Delta machines . That is what you do to them when the blade buckles .
02-01-04, 07:54 PM
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My mechanic uses a band saw alot . He did cut the uim brackets off that way as you can see in his engine pictures . Rotorbrain made his intercooler end tanks on the saw .The etb parts are cut on a band saw with a master pattern so all of the parts are the same . Get a small wood cutting saw and slow the blade speed down . Put on the correct type blade and cut away . Or buy a more expensive metal cutting saw if you are going to use it alot .
02-01-04, 08:51 PM
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Originally posted by areXseven
Now thats a nice clean engine. How often do you power wash it. .Or do you???
Now thats a nice clean engine. How often do you power wash it. .Or do you???
Most I've done was use a rag to clean it off when taking out the rat's nest. I don't have a ton of blow-by issues under my hood, so things tend to stay relatively clean.
02-01-04, 10:42 PM
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Clayne, as always, thats an awesome job. It was probably a little more work than necessary, but it ended up looking factory, and probably functioning that well too. Nice work!
02-22-04, 08:32 AM
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That looks very good....my engine is not in right now and my coils are starring at me......Hmmm, coil relocation project?? hahaha...Very impressive though. You decided to move your coils but didn't bypass the throttle body coolant lines? Thats the same place I put my HKS twin power as well. I've seen it mounted in some other places like on the firewall, but that seems like the best place for it.
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02-22-04, 03:39 PM
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Originally posted by Scrub
That looks very good....my engine is not in right now and my coils are starring at me......Hmmm, coil relocation project?? hahaha...Very impressive though. You decided to move your coils but didn't bypass the throttle body coolant lines? Thats the same place I put my HKS twin power as well. I've seen it mounted in some other places like on the firewall, but that seems like the best place for it.
That looks very good....my engine is not in right now and my coils are starring at me......Hmmm, coil relocation project?? hahaha...Very impressive though. You decided to move your coils but didn't bypass the throttle body coolant lines? Thats the same place I put my HKS twin power as well. I've seen it mounted in some other places like on the firewall, but that seems like the best place for it.
Yep. Alot of people don't try it because they don't want to enlarge the hole on their twin power to fit a stock Mazda 10 mm.
04-04-04, 04:10 PM
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I debated about moving my coils when installing the new reman. Decided against it as it's a cleaner look w/o the coils. I used thermo-tec fabric to wrap around the top of the block as a heat insulator against heat transfer into the rat's nest and the coils.
Stock coils have 100K on them and using them with HKS Twin w/o any issues.
Stock coils have 100K on them and using them with HKS Twin w/o any issues.
04-05-04, 12:04 AM
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very very nice... im impressed!!! i need to do the same for my 20b, but i want to keep cruise... i wonder if there are any alternate locations that might work?
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Long-term update:
No problems or issues (except I'll replace the black bolts with stainless for obvious reasons). Coils and wires are still running strong.
No problems or issues (except I'll replace the black bolts with stainless for obvious reasons). Coils and wires are still running strong.
06-23-04, 11:53 PM
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Originally posted by WaLieN
Wow, your engine bay is *** clean compared to mine. Anyways, great job on that relocation -- too bad my cruise control is in the way.
Wow, your engine bay is *** clean compared to mine. Anyways, great job on that relocation -- too bad my cruise control is in the way.
06-24-04, 11:19 AM
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Originally posted by RotorMotor
very very nice... im impressed!!! i need to do the same for my 20b, but i want to keep cruise... i wonder if there are any alternate locations that might work?
very very nice... im impressed!!! i need to do the same for my 20b, but i want to keep cruise... i wonder if there are any alternate locations that might work?