Coil pack re-location

[91T breezen']

I ask about this a few months ago, and several members showed what they had done. Well,I relocated mine, but, none of the wires are the right length. I bought N/A wires, right length, wrong ends.:icon_mad: How did you guys make this work?! We are currently trying to adapt the Turbo coil pack ends on to the N/A wires,...what a bitch!:aigo:
Any help appreciated!
Tom

 

[supra90turbo]

If you relocated it to the firewall, you use the turbo wires, just reversed, so 6=1, 5=2, so on.

 

[cjsupra90]

If you relocated it to the firewall, you use the turbo wires, just reversed, so 6=1, 5=2, so on.

I tried that, it didn't work on mine. now this might work with some aftermarket wires as some tend to be a bit long.




I actually ended up carefully taking the coil ends off of the turbo wires and cutting the NA wires to length and reinstalling the ends on the cut wires.

 

[89Turbo]

go to your local parts store, i work at Baxter Auto Parts and i know that MSD and Taylor make universal sets, take some measurments and go look at some of the universal kits......

 

[hottscennessey]

you guys who have done this.. did you have to alter the TB cable at all? how about the heater hoses?

 

[redmkiii]

to all who have done this, let's see some pics. thanks

 

[cjsupra90]

The only thing that I had to mod was the throttle cable bracket on top of the motor. Mine is a GE setup intake linkage and manifold. I am not sure if the GTE linkage need to be modded.

89Turbo: the universal wire sets will not work on the GTE coils. Well they will if you bend in the end, but the fall out. I tried cause I had a set sitting in the shop.

Here are some photos of my setup

 

[bigaaron]

The only thing that I had to mod was the throttle cable bracket on top of the motor. Mine is a GE setup intake linkage and manifold. I am not sure if the GTE linkage need to be modded.

89Turbo: the universal wire sets will not work on the GTE coils. Well they will if you bend in the end, but the fall out. I tried cause I had a set sitting in the shop.

Here are some photos of my setup

Nice job on that bracket! That is one of the best ones I have seen!

 

[cjsupra90]

Thanks man!

To bad the rest of the engine bay is not as nice though, but that will change ones the 1uz swap is finished

 

[91T breezen']

Thanks for the help and pic's.:icon_bigg We used the stock steel bracket, just cut off the front part, and used N/A wires. Unforunately, I can't find the harness plug(female) to make it look like "stock", for the harness extention. The N/A wire boots fit on the coil pack okay, and will eventually be covered with a nice stainless cover, but just knowing that I don't have the correct turbo boots on there bothers me!:aigo: I'll try and get some pic's up later on today or tommorow.

 

[IJ.]

I bought some NA MSD 8.5 wires and their mini crimper and a bag of ends and cut them to suit.

 

[supra90turbo]

lol Ian, you are the true "go big or go home" type!

also: 10k posts? when did that happen? is your "new posts" button's lettering worn off yet?

 

[IJ.]

Kurt: LOL last week I think and my thread just clocked up 5000 posts!

 

[91T breezen']

I bought some NA MSD 8.5 wires and their mini crimper and a bag of ends and cut them to suit.

I should have gotten the big wires, but I was in a hurry!:icon_razz Did you manage to get the plastic keeper doo-dads over the boots okay?:icon_conf

 

[91T breezen']

Here's a follow-up question: Is the end of the wiring harness that plugs into the coil pack pigtail, long enough to be pulled under the intake manifold, and plugged back into the coil pack (now on the firewall)??? I can see about three inches of it, before it disapears underneath the intake. If someone can tell me for sure, that it remains free enough from the main harness bundle, for about six inches...? then I'm takin' the intake off, and pullin' that sucker to the back, and plugging it straight in to the pigtail!:icon_razz
Thanks again for any help you can lend!:icon_bigg

 

[IJ.]

I didn't use GTE coils so got all new boots to suit.