I have had a few PMs asking specifics about my ignition system, where I mounted the amp and coil, etc.

I'm running a Jacobs rotary pro pak, along with an FC coil and newly installed stock plug wires. I also just bought and installed a pair of low mileage trailing coils. I'm currently running 10.5s and 9s, but do run 9s all around depending on what kind of driving I plan to do. Having p/s and a/c delete makes changing the plugs a breeze, typically it's a 5-10 minute job.

Thanks go out to Howard Coleman for selling me this sweet setup, which included some great installation instructions and a nice bracket for the fc coil.

Thanks also go out to Chris Carlisi, who helped me with the install and performed all the fun electrical/soldering work while I was changing my oil and installing the turbo pipe pictured below

 

engine bay

 

FC leading coil mounted on the bracket I got from Howard, mounted under the driver's side shock tower. I used an existing hole, just had to tap it. You can also see my Defi Fuel Pressure sending unit in the background.

 

amp mounted where most have their cruise control, I have an R1 w/out cruise so the space was perfect. Note the trick bracket that I fabbed up, lol.

 

This last is a pic of my rear turbo mandrel bent inlet pipe that I picked up from Chuck Westbrook. Theoretically it should help spool up.....I installed the amp and pipe at the same time, so it's hard to say how much of an effect it had. I will say I felt a huge difference in throttle response, driveability, and pull through the rpm range, especially above 6k rpms or so.

 

change that dirty brake fluid

 

can't wait to take my P/S off to have a cleaner engine bay...

 

Hey Rich,

Everthing looks well thought out and a clean install to boot! One question on the pic above. Is it just me (or possibly the quality of the pic ) or does the front vaccum line in the pic spliced or does it have a kink/hole in it???

 

thanks, it is spliced with a t connector.

and to all you haters out there, I plan on changing the brake fluid pronto

 

I was gonna say the same thing lol. Everything looks good!!

 

Can you run your engine with the hood up? Does your car have remote start?
Raj

 

you dont happen to have a pic of that rear turbo inlet pipe not installed? kinda hard to see./
looks cool rich, nice stuff

 

Me also. Less things to worry about.

 

Looks good.

 

didn't mean to hate on your FD Rich....looks good

 

It's all good man, you were 100% correct . That stuff is filthy. Been too busy installing parts lately to perform the basic maintenance.....

 

still running strong eh?

Ill race you with my 4-runner sometime

god dammmmmmit.

 

Bad *** man ..

 

Yes, and no. Raj, check your PMs .

 

hey nodeypoo,

I never snapped a pic. Maybe Chuck has one, I havent seen him post in a while though. It is a nice 'U' shape, mandrel bent and bolts right up.

 

But what really makes me jealous is the perfect alignment of your ic and duct.

 

lol, it's funny you mentioned that.

while chris and I were installing the amp, my younger brother Ryan (bridgeported12a here on the forum) was polishing all the stuff in my engine bay, and also spent some time adjusting the intercooler so the duct was better aligned with the core. After that, he cleaned and polished all four Fikses. My friends think I am lucky for the free labor, but I think he is just building up a case for a free future motor build

Rich

 

Why dosent my engine look like that
Real clean set up man, I gotta spend some money and get rid of the duct tape intake setup the guy before me had on mine.

 

First you thank Howard for the Coil bracket that I made and now you thank Ryan for moving your IC over after I lectured you all night about how you were blowing hot radiator air into your IC with the duct slightly off and then took the whopping 2 minutes to moved it over since you weren't going to do anything about it. If you remember that was the main reason why I suggested we move the amp to the cruise control location. Your old amp was pushing the IC over to the pas side causing the duct to be misaligned. The goats would not be happy with you . . . .

 

Is that fan pushing air from the engine bay into the wheel well? interesting...

A little on the ghetto side, but I'm sure it helps.