When To Upgrade Coil Packs?

[Craved]

Hey guys.... cars about to be tuned when a couple of little issues are fixed up, but was wondering how the std coilpacks will hold up with near 300rwkw on an S1 rb25 ??

never had any problems with them as yet but its prob got just under 200kw.

just hoping they hold up for a while .. thinking of ordering some split fire coils through nengun .. so trying to think ahead so i get em/have em when i need them.

let us know what you guys think.

cheers

[GunMetalR33]

Well from my experience they wont but I guess thats only cause mine are probably cracked being 10 years old an all. You will be able to run a bigger gap in your plugs with splitfires which should deliver a cleaner spark but I dont think they will be nessary unless they are cracked or something.

I opted not to get them, then on the day of tuning (gt30) anything over 14 psi made huge flat spots with a spark plug gap of .6 ??? So now I have to wait another month before I can get the tune done again :{

I did get 260rwkw at 16 psi at one point though, so at least it showed what it will be capable of.

Edited October 13, 2005 by GunMetalR33

[Craved]

will have to see how it goes when on the dyno ... hopefully mine aren't cracked and i wont NEED to get the soon .. but will be something i'll have to look at later on down the track.

cheers

[R31Nismoid]

i ran out 360rwkw @ last years salon. Walk in the park for em

The coils were still fine and dandy.

The car was just about out of ignition though, hence the need for more spark but that wasnt coil related.

As ive said before, people think the splitfires are awesome etc. And they are cheap, but they arent any different to stock, as another thread with some specs showed.

People only think there are "heaps" better because they are new and the ones you'll have are 10years old.

Of course something brand new is gonna work better (generally)

So IMO, get it all together and just see if they are a problem.

More than likely they wont be and you save $600

[siksII]

when they stop working not before.

[RB30-POWER]

i ran out 360rwkw @ last years salon. Walk in the park for em

The coils were still fine and dandy.

The car was just about out of ignition though, hence the need for more spark but that wasnt coil related.

As ive said before, people think the splitfires are awesome etc. And they are cheap, but they arent any different to stock, as another thread with some specs showed.

People only think there are "heaps" better because they are new and the ones you'll have are 10years old.

Of course something brand new is gonna work better (generally)

So IMO, get it all together and just see if they are a problem.

More than likely they wont be and you save $600

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Can't argue with that.

Splitfire coils aren't going to give you any more spark performance then standard non damaged Nissan coils will on the standard ignition system.

Its just that its common for standard coils to crack/fracture and the spark jumps out instead of the full energy going across the plug gap.

You might be buying coils that are designed to be more robust and resistant to the engine heat, but to think your getting any significant improvement in spark energy is wrong.

[cerci]

mine stopd working straight away i boostd it a lil

craked 2 of the coils

replaced them wit 2nd hand working ones

works fine now!

[wsln33]

So if splitfires dont give a greater spark and are just new whats the next thing to do if you need more ignition? I was looking at crane cams ignition? How would this go?

[RB30-POWER]

If you want more spark you need a CDI system.

Reasonbly expensive and only needed at high power outputs.

Probally depends on the type of ecu you use as to which will give the best results. Best to talk to engine tuner about your options, if you need this type of ignition system.

[R31Nismoid]

There are other things you can buy that are cheaper

get onto Nengun and have a looksee

[Craved]

had a look at Nengun and saw those ingnition booster from Ultra ..

just cant imagine or see how these would wire into the std configuration .. unless they are used similar to the MSI style ignition where leads are required..

any ideas Nismoid???