Which coil packs?

[phazed]

Boring question but;

I am fitting MegaSquirt and want a neat coil pack installation.

I believe the ones that fit behind the plenum are the least intrusive, which ones are they?

[Graham]

Don't you have to use the ford edis ones with a mega squirt ?

I use a pair of cerb/ Citroen ones on my emerald install iirc the gems ones come on a mount on the plenum

[slideways]

phazed said:

Boring question but;

I am fitting MegaSquirt and want a neat coil pack installation.

I believe the ones that fit behind the plenum are the least intrusive, which ones are they?

They are P38 rangerover ones but will be a tight fit on a chimaera, I used the early ford type which are pretty robust but expensive compared to the newer type.

[Chilliman]

I believe mine are stock LR, and are tucked away behind the plenum Peter. If you have a look at my piccie in the show your engines thread (last page?) you can see the HT leads disappearing round the back of the plenum

[phazed]

Chilliman said:

I believe mine are stock LR, and are tucked away behind the plenum Peter. If you have a look at my piccie in the show your engines thread (last page?) you can see the HT leads disappearing round the back of the plenum

These sound like the ones I need then.

A quick visit to my LR indie tomorrow then!

[Hoofa]

I too have the p38 packs behind the plenum,

The pros

Looks neat

The cons

They are expensive , and you cannot buy the coils separatly if one fails


That said u can get them on eBay.

[phazed]

Are they the long strip type.

If not can you post a link?

[Hoofa]

These type

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-P38-4-0-4-6-...

[phazed]

Thanks for that, most useful..

[Simon says]

Peter your only locked into the Ford coil packs if using EDIS 8 and Slideways the 1st generation Ford coil packs are not just robust they are bomb proof never changed a failed since production unlike the 2nd gen coils progress i guess and the fact Ford put the price up when they found out they was troublesome.

[phazed]

What the hell's Edis8?

I have put the engine in this morning and have just been clicking on all the connectors of the new loom.

I am waiting for a TPS, stepper and air temp sensor.

I also have to run a vacumn pipe to the ecu.

so........................Edis8?

[phazed]

Right, I've sussed what Edis8 is!

So..........if I use the rover P38 packs behind the plenum, how do I onnect them up to my new loom?

There is a multipin conector on the new loom, does this plug straight in?

Daz, you should be proud of me asking these basic questions .

[slideways]

Simon says said:

Peter your only locked into the Ford coil packs if using EDIS 8 and Slideways the 1st generation Ford coil packs are not just robust they are bomb proof never changed a failed since production unlike the 2nd gen coils progress i guess and the fact Ford put the price up when they found out they was troublesome.

i had one fail on me last week! but still rate them over P38 or new ford, mind you at £50 a pop i would hope they last

[Simon says]

slideways said:

Simon says said:

Peter your only locked into the Ford coil packs if using EDIS 8 and Slideways the 1st generation Ford coil packs are not just robust they are bomb proof never changed a failed since production unlike the 2nd gen coils progress i guess and the fact Ford put the price up when they found out they was troublesome.

i had one fail on me last week! but still rate them over P38 or new ford, mind you at £50 a pop i would hope they last

That's because you are using pattern and not OE Motorcraft possibly I would rather use a £5 scrap car OE s/hand Ford/Motorcraft coil pack than a new pattern part I am that convinced of thee OE reliability that failure will be down to poor location i.e excess heat/vibration or wrong switching/dwell times

[phazed]

I like the idea of Ford reliability Simon but I also like the idea of the coil packs behind the plenum!

Is there a best of both worlds?

[Pupp]

Just before you go hanging coils behind the plenum, bear in mind that area gets rained on in the prettier cars

[Simon says]

Yes Peter these are more reliable than the 4 in-line coils fitted to the RR they are regarded as unreliable in my trade but others on here with their after-market ECU's have said they have not had issues this is Ant's Griff of PH these are consider relaible-ish and fitted to Pug 306's and Citroen Xsara's adding to what Pupp just said I don't like the lack of access with this rear plenum idea on the Chimaera though.

[phazed]

The alternative mounting places for coils are obtrusive, no?

What recomendations?

[GasMunkey]

I gave you 3 Ford coil packs Peter, just get on with it

[phazed]

GasMunkey said:

I gave you 3 Ford coil packs Peter, just get on with it

Steady on!

Where will they fit, do I need a special bracket/brackets?