Coil Pack relocation

[Jaysin]

Has anyone moved their coil packs to a different location? It seems like a bad idea to have them under the exhaust manifold. Seems like they would get also get wet from underneath as well. If anyone has can you post some pics so I can see how? Thanx!

[Anonymous]

I will be, but as of yet mine are in the stock location. I have never had a problem with mine being there, and neither has anyone else that I know of, although it is getting more popular to move them.

[Vetter]

I got tired of scraped knuckles, so I moved mine to a home made bracket above the radiator. Works out real well.

[blk92z34getrag]

Moving just to avoid the hassle of scraped up knuckles is a good enough reason. But I can't imagine the heat of the exhaust manifolds doing anything good for the coils.

I have seen the coils mounted on the pass. side strut tower and on top of the radiator. It's not that hard to do you just need to make a bracket to bolt it to wherever you decide to put it, and you will probably have to run extra wire. Just make sure it is large enough gauge to cut on resistance.

I will be relocating mine as well this summer when I really start working on my car

[grandprix34]

[dohcfiend]

get youself a 96-97 coilpack bracket and relocate it there. only thing is you have to trim it to clear your power steering lines. of course it might be tight for you though. i don't know if it could squeeze in there with the map sensor. id need to see a photo of that area to come up with a plan. on my 94 it just had 2 vacuum ports there so it removed the plastic piece with the 2 vacuum hoses, put a freeze plug in the hole and hooked the 2 hoses up using a t with 2 ports on in-line with the vac source for the ccp. as grandprix34's pic, when you replace your wires, take measurements and call taylor, they offer to cut your wires to custom lengths. all in all i like the job gp34 looks good and original.

[93GTP]

Do the coil packs really experience that much heat being under the manifold? After all, heat rises and there is a heat shield on the bottom side of the manifold. I'd say if you weren't careful about it, you can end up putting them in a location with higher temperatures in the engine bay.

It would be interesting to see thermal imaging of our engine bays with a fully warmed engine both while parked and while driving.

[dohcfiend]

grandprixz34, you have inspired me. i was thinking of a good spot for an ignition box a few minutes ago and i happened to come across this thread again. Now all i have to do is get the necessary dough for the box........it will be a little while. but at least when I get the box, i know where to put it.

[slick94prix]

Mine are relocated as well. In one of the pictures, you can see the intake I made as well. I stll need to shorten my plug wires though.

[Lyle's GTP]

Hey, I was looking at those first pics of Grandprix34's car. Umm, I'm no expert, but braiding the plug wires like that. That looks like the best way I could think of to get some inductive detonation. Not to mention it looks like you have a couple cheapies in there, those have little to no EMI sheilding. You might want to unbraid those wires. When I worked for Optimax we had lots of engines come back destroyed because of inductive detonation, so it is a serious concern.

Lyle

[grandprix34]

lol, i know i did it to show my g/f i could braid since she is studying to be a cosmetologist. I took the pic and started hooking everything up. I since then have replaced all wires with stockers since the Taylors were arlready showing serious wear and tear.

[Grim[Z34]]

I like how the 96 was set up..I guess thats you they changed it

[brian89gp]

http://www.brian89gp.com/car/DSCF0017.JPG

In the stock location there is quite a bit of airflow comming through the radiator at them. If it wasn't such a pain I would put mine back to stock.