What coil wire do you use?

[Speedwagon]

EA81 SPFI conversion: where do I get a coil wire long enough to reach the distributor? Mounting the coil where the EA82 coil mounts, and with the distributor on the opposite side of the engine, well... ?

[Speedwagon]

Anyone know?

[GeneralDisorder]

Personally I mount the coil in the same location as the EA81 had it - that way you can use a stock EA81 plug wire set.

 

GD

Edited March 20, 2011 by GeneralDisorder

[Speedwagon]

Isn't your write up, the one that says to mount it in the stock EA82 location???

[GeneralDisorder]

Sorry - meant coil..... yeah my write up might indeed say that. I haven't updated that in years. There's a lot of little changes that should be added to that document. It's a guideline - not a rulebook. I put the ECU in the glove-box and route the wireing through the passenger side firewall plug. This makes most of the wireing perfect for mounting the coil in the stock location, etc.

 

GD

[El Presidente]

IIRC some parts stores can make wires to order, they just cut what you need crimp some ends on and your on your way. I've never had to do this but I hear its fairly cheap.

 

Option #2 is to use an accel or MSD universal wire set and have two goods sets(they're for a V8). They have a couple in the set that are really long.

 

Option #3 is to move your coil closer to your dizzy, along with extending your 12V coil supply wire.

[Idasho]

For obvious reasons, it is best to run the shortest coil wire you can get away with.

 

Most plug wire sets do come with more than 1 coil to dizzy wire. use the shortest one if it will reach.

[Speedwagon]

Yea, I decided to move the coil back to the pass side, and all is well now.