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Old May 4, 2010 | 05:40 PM
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best coil location

just need to know where you guys are mounting your external coils pic would be great thanks. Is it best to keep it close to the dizzy.? I had my old one mounted horizontally on the right side of the firewall and it was coroded bad after one year.(prolly cause of the horizontal mount idk) So now im going to mount it verticallly and it would be great to hear some input on the different locations
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Old May 4, 2010 | 05:47 PM
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Re: best coil location

Mine is bolted upside down to the cowl,
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Old May 5, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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Re: best coil location

anybody with canister style coils?
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:09 PM
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Re: best coil location

Had mine mounted to the AC box,
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Old May 6, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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Re: best coil location

thats a nice lookin boot you got on that coil, what kind is that? nice ride too
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Old May 6, 2010 | 09:36 PM
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Re: best coil location

thanks, the first pic is my 88 Formula and the 2nd one was my 86 Trans Am.
The boot is an MSD one.
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Old May 7, 2010 | 04:27 AM
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Re: best coil location

put mine here;
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