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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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Arrow killing ignition coils

hello.
i want to put a switch in line with my coils, so that i can kill the spark with out killing everything else.
has anyone done this, or how can i do this?

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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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Yeah, you could just cut the ignition lead to the leading coil.

But why??? A switch is just something else to fail
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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Theft deturrant I suppose

But, yes, that switch might fail eventually - if I were going to rig a kill switch on the ignition I'd hook it up to a relay. Im not sure how many amps go through the ignition lead, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts its more than your average switch can withstand for a good period of time.
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 06:16 PM
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easier fix, put a relay/switch inline with the EGI fuse wires, on the fused side of course.
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 06:48 PM
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i want to just cut the coils nothing else. yeah i was planing on using a relay and running a switch into the car.

reasons.
if your car is over heating you can cool it by dumping raw fuel through the motor, like when exiting the freeway or sumthin.
and because you can fill the exaust system with raw fuel air mix, and then well get sum killer flames with you let go of the switch to re energize the coils.

its just sumthin to play with.
i have a 3" exhaust system with a flowmaster and a resonator at the end, i think i can get a good cannon action out of it.
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 11:54 PM
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I have done this as put by socal and it was only as a theft detturant device but it WILL cut the entire car off! there is NO push it and then let go....It's more like push it then turn the car off and then back on. I wanna see you do this all while rolling down an off ramp!
-Smurf-
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 12:15 AM
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alright...
ive done it many times with just turning the key off and then back on, and yeah it does cool the engine down.
thats fine if you disagree with me, just shows me you have nothin better to do than just make fun of people on this forum.
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 04:58 AM
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if you turn the damn key off while rolling down a offramp please make sure i am NOWHERE nearby! you realize your steering wheel locks when you turn the key off right?


honduh! buy it and go away.

and for the record, there is a difference between flames and EXPLOSIONS in your exhaust system, god damn kids... if i see an exhaust system flying at me don't expect that i will be happy about it.
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by rotorpower27
alright...
ive done it many times with just turning the key off and then back on, and yeah it does cool the engine down.
thats fine if you disagree with me, just shows me you have nothin better to do than just make fun of people on this forum.
Hmmm...not really.
Most of the stuff inside the engine is still hot enough to ignite the fuel being dumped in there.
One really stupid side effect is that you just washed away all the oil that helps lubricate the insides of the engine.
I guess if you're running premix, that's not that big of a deal...
...but, seeing how stupid that you insist on doing this, I doubt you're even premixing?

At the very least the fuel is going to get ignited in the exhaust system, which can damage components in the exhaust system itself.
Go ahead, go look cool and blow flames out the exhaust.
Please don't come back and ask how why you're exhaust is leaking down the road.


-Ted
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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aw this is great.
yeah im premixin
and what is there to destroy in my exhaust? no cats no real back preasure.
i dont see how i will destroy my exhaust. you could make a cannon out of the piping i used.(16 gague staainless 3")

and Karak do you think im asian or sumthin ****** racist, "honduh!"
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 03:03 PM
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and im not pulling the key all the way out, u think im stupid, huh. the steering colum doesnt lock when its just turned one click, im not trying to destroy my car.
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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like i said, i could care less what you do to your car just be sure i am no where around because you sound like a dangerous driver regardless of what you think of yourself.

honduh? racist? now you're just taking my jabs personally and trying to poke back... i just hate hondas, yup i guess i'm racist against Honduhs.
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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yep ok
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