HKS Twin Power... yes it can take a beating and keep on ticking!
08-11-09, 08:43 PM
#1
HKS Twin Power... yes it can take a beating and keep on ticking!
I thought I'd share a recent experience I had with my HKS Twin Power that is on my track car. In mid June I was at Talladega Grand Prix Raceway at a track day when mid turn, my steering wheel was locked in the turned position. I was able to force it back straight before going off course. I could hear something dragging and assumed I had some type of steering malfunction and immediately pitted in. As soon as I got into the pits and raised the hood, I realized my twin power was missing. It was mounted to the firewall with the harness ziptied out of the way of the steering column. It's impossible to know for sure, but I'm guessing a ziptie broke and the harness caught the steering column, at which point it ripped the Twin Power from where it was mounted and it caught in the steering rack which you can see in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsY-VA_vxkM
It then was dragged on the ground for around a 1/4 mile before it dropped out the bottom of the car and onto the track.
Here are the pictures of the aftermath:
It ripped the ground out of the harness, stretched all the wires etc... I was more surprised that it ripped the screw out of the firewall and didn't rip the harness in two pieces. Anyhow, I hooked the stock ignition back up without the HKS TP. I started getting break up again. The next week I put the harness back together and make sure the harness is in good order and replace the ground in the harness. I hook the Twin Power back up, and too my surprise, the red light comes on. So I continue to test it and my break up is gone
I ended up remounting it on the cruise control tray:
Here is my car at the NASA event at Road Atlanta this past weekend with the Twin Power installed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxXA6yUozEk
I, by no means, think the twin power is the optimal FD ignition set up as it simply increases the dwell time of the spark, but it's currently all I need. I'm sure I got lucky to an extent that it still works but I also don't think they are as sensitive as alot of people make them out to be. Just thought I'd share my first hand experience with them.
Brent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsY-VA_vxkM
It then was dragged on the ground for around a 1/4 mile before it dropped out the bottom of the car and onto the track.
Here are the pictures of the aftermath:
It ripped the ground out of the harness, stretched all the wires etc... I was more surprised that it ripped the screw out of the firewall and didn't rip the harness in two pieces. Anyhow, I hooked the stock ignition back up without the HKS TP. I started getting break up again. The next week I put the harness back together and make sure the harness is in good order and replace the ground in the harness. I hook the Twin Power back up, and too my surprise, the red light comes on. So I continue to test it and my break up is gone
I ended up remounting it on the cruise control tray:
Here is my car at the NASA event at Road Atlanta this past weekend with the Twin Power installed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxXA6yUozEk
I, by no means, think the twin power is the optimal FD ignition set up as it simply increases the dwell time of the spark, but it's currently all I need. I'm sure I got lucky to an extent that it still works but I also don't think they are as sensitive as alot of people make them out to be. Just thought I'd share my first hand experience with them.
Brent
08-12-09, 12:07 PM
#4
Haha nice. glad to know they are tough. Makes me wonder why some were burning up just from using non resistor plugs. But i guess electronics over heating and the case being pulled across the road are 2 different things.
That road course looks awesome. makes me want to set my car up for that stuff. You smoked that vette in the beginning. lol
That road course looks awesome. makes me want to set my car up for that stuff. You smoked that vette in the beginning. lol
