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Title: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: good2win22 on January 21 2018, 08:13:01 AM: Spent part of the day on Friday with my friend Jack building this setup. The lid of the TR6 was drilled and tapped to secure the coils.
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Post by: Scoobum on January 21 2018, 08:17:16 AM: Clean install...nice work.
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Post by: TexasT on January 21 2018, 09:40:09 AM: Does it work?
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Post by: good2win22 on January 21 2018, 11:10:33 AM: Haven't done any WOT tests. Idle seems smoother and more consistent.
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Post by: TexasT on January 21 2018, 11:30:26 AM: Nice. Looks like a pretty nifty setup. Did you make a cardboard template for the mount while you had it apart?
Title: Re: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: good2win22 on January 21 2018, 01:44:17 PM: Quote from: TexasT on January 21 2018, 11:30:26 AM
Nice. Looks like a pretty nifty setup. Did you make a cardboard template for the mount while you had it apart?
Parts list and template available on request
Title: Re: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: TexasT on January 21 2018, 03:08:02 PM: Cool. Estimated cost of what you put in? Worth it over the stock coil?
Title: Re: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: good2win22 on January 21 2018, 10:38:57 PM: Quote from: TexasT on January 21 2018, 03:08:02 PM
Cool. Estimated cost of what you put in? Worth it over the stock coil?
Coils are the big ticket item at $50 a piece, CNP kit from Bob $40, wires $70 and boots/plugs for coils $24.

I've trashed two coil packs in the last year. Bob over drives the TR6 in waste spark mode to get a decent spark at the plug but it's at the expense of the coil pack. If I could have found a way to mount the IGN1A coils, I would've used them.
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Post by: TexasT on January 22 2018, 07:02:00 AM: What vehicle did the coils originally come on? I can be on the hunt at the "recycler".
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Post by: larrym on January 22 2018, 02:31:25 PM: what wires did you use?

I have my coils bolted to the valve covers.
Title: Re: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: good2win22 on January 22 2018, 04:59:27 PM: Quote from: TexasT on January 22 2018, 07:02:00 AM
What vehicle did the coils originally come on? I can be on the hunt at the "recycler".
2005-2018 LS 6.0
Title: Re: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: good2win22 on January 22 2018, 05:01:14 PM: Quote from: larrym on January 22 2018, 02:31:25 PM
what wires did you use?

I have my coils bolted to the valve covers.
I went with Taylor Spiro-pro 8mm. I like the spark plug boots on them. Easy to grab and pull off the plug
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Post by: nocooler on January 23 2018, 05:39:39 PM: How much dwell does Bob run? Those coils will autofire @ high rpm with the wrong dwell! I think anything over 4.5ms.
Title: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: larrym on January 23 2018, 10:14:58 PM: Quote from: nocooler on January 23 2018, 05:39:39 PM
How much dwell does Bob run? Those coils will autofire @ high rpm with the wrong dwell! I think anything over 4.5ms.
I have never had a problem with mine been a couple years and I’m not easy on stuff.
My coils were used to got 8 for $100.00 with brackets at the wrecker from a Silverado

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Post by: TexasT on January 24 2018, 07:36:58 AM: How do the brackets for on the Buick VC? Mods to the brackets? Or the bolt right on?
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Post by: good2win22 on January 24 2018, 10:03:07 AM: Quote from: nocooler on January 23 2018, 05:39:39 PM
How much dwell does Bob run? Those coils will autofire @ high rpm with the wrong dwell! I think anything over 4.5ms.
From my reading, anything over 6-6.5ms is when the auto discharge kicks in. I will have to confirm but I believe the dwell is is set at 4ms
Title: Re: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: good2win22 on January 24 2018, 10:06:21 AM: Quote from: TexasT on January 24 2018, 07:36:58 AM
How do the brackets for on the Buick VC? Mods to the brackets? Or the bolt right on?
Rich, I've seen several folks with brackets for the Buick v6 valve covers. All were made just a bit different. If I were going to go that route, I would've probably made something myself. Most folks are proud of their work.
Title: Re: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: nocooler on January 24 2018, 10:07:44 AM: Sounds like it’s under control.
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Post by: larrym on January 24 2018, 04:14:12 PM: My brackets were home made I can post pics if you like.
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Post by: TexasT on January 24 2018, 04:50:16 PM: I dig your stacked set up.
Title: Re: Individual coils on TR6
Post by: good2win22 on January 27 2018, 10:27:15 PM: Spoke with Bob directly today. Dwell on the TR6 using CNP is set at 5 ms in the current software