Thread: move coil into cab - is it OK? any problems?

I don't think you would want HT electrical in the cab - depending on the type it's in the region of 12,000 volts +/-

Rule of thumb, don't Firetruck with Lucas else he'll Firetruck with you, If your worried about water go to Jaycar or a boating supplier and get a waterproof box to enclose the coil in.

I used to know a bloke with a Holden EFI 5 litre in a Four Runner (I know, I know, I don't associate with him anymore!). His coil was mounted under the dash and the coil lead ran out through the old clutch cable hole (auto conversion). No concerns for him, but Holden distributors are at the back of the engine, not the front like a Rover.

Over long HT leads of the resistance type will cause a miss. Keep 'em as short as you can, or use the metal core high performance leads from hot rod/street machine shops.

I'll back bg john and brian on this one...

a rubber glove with the fingers snipped works wonders on a 4 pot dizzy...

just put 2 of them on or get some tasmanian gloves

Despite the other replies, i've done it and it'll be fine

Originally Posted by rovercare

Despite the other replies, i've done it and it'll be fine

You are not running it hard. Learn't this one building Chrysler Hemi 6's for race cars. Chrysler put the coil on the cylinder head for a good reason, to keep 1 & 2 leads short. Put the coil on the inner mudguard and you get a miss on 1 and/or 2. We used resistance leads on 3-4-5-6 and metallic leads on 1 & 2. When we were commercially repowering Leyland P76 six cylinder cars with Hemis, we came across the same problem. Leaving the coil on the guard in the Leyland position resulted in a very long coil lead, added to the distance to nos. 1 & 2 and there was a miss. Solution was to put the coil on the cyl. head where Chrysler had it. In this set-up, resistance leads were good enough for street cars.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

You are not running it hard. Learn't this one building Chrysler Hemi 6's for race cars. Chrysler put the coil on the cylinder head for a good reason, to keep 1 & 2 leads short. Put the coil on the inner mudguard and you get a miss on 1 and/or 2. We used resistance leads on 3-4-5-6 and metallic leads on 1 & 2. When we were commercially repowering Leyland P76 six cylinder cars with Hemis, we came across the same problem. Leaving the coil on the guard in the Leyland position resulted in a very long coil lead, added to the distance to nos. 1 & 2 and there was a miss. Solution was to put the coil on the cyl. head where Chrysler had it. In this set-up, resistance leads were good enough for street cars.

Is this like the 904 is tougher than the 727 or the mopar is an easy fit to the rangie TF727

Yea, it can be critical, but his putting it on a 3.5 maybe a 4.4 the comp. ratio is jack and it'll be fine