Hey Guys
Well my nitrous solenoids have now claimed the place of the stock coil, so I need to relocate it. Where have you put it? I'd like to keep it as close to the dist. as possible. My concerns are:

1) Drilling in the firewall, is there anything you'll hit if you drill through the firewall in particular?

2) Water; I suppose the coil isn't in the best location stock, but I'd like to keep it away from moisture (I live in the desert so this isn't such a big concern)

Pictures would be awesome!

Thanks
Tony

 

I made a bracket from stainless & mounted it on the firewall lip

 

What's the issue with being close to the dist, wire length? Just curious, I've always tried to get it somewhere cool to reduce the amount of heat on it. We all know the effect of heat on elec. components! (premature failure, and reduced performance) right?
I could be off base here, but that's what I've allways been taught. Thanks

 

I too thought it was best to keep the coil as close to the dist. as possible. Here is where I put mine. So far, so good. I do still have problems with coil interference with the mag pickup wires.

 

I want those valve covers!!! Can I buy them somewhere or am I going to have to steal yours? I've never seen any center bolts like that!

 

I bought those off of eBay for $115 with the breathers. Scoggin Dickey has them at $185 w/o breathers. They do really set off the engine. I really like them.

 

No bracket just bolted true the angled part of the firewall.....

 

Resistance in a wire is directly proportional to length and resistivity of the material and inversely proportional to the cross sectional area of the wire. Longer length, higher resistance. Higher resistance, less current is going to get from the coil to the distributor. I'm not sure if it's enough to matter, a lot of guys run Jacob's ignitions with long a$$ coil wires, but that's the notion behind that.

 

Dam man! All those big words! U must be a college grad or something. I think what your trying to tell me is, The longer the wire, the more resistance. The more resistance, the slower the current travels, right? So I'm figuring as long as the coil wire is shorter than the spark plug wires, It wouldn't make that much difference especialy if your using a 40-50,000 volt coil. Isn't that why they make 8mm low resistance wires? On my Javelin I used to race, I had my coil mounted off the fender well because I thought the benefit of keeping it cool as possible would outweigh the length of the wires. The coil wire was still shorter than the plug wires as I had a front mounted dist (like fords). Doesn't heat cause higher resistance also? Don't get me wrong Or think I'm being sarcastic. I just hate to think I've been wrong all this time! I just want to do it right! Thanks!
Q and A's 1: what hood are you running? (doesn't look like a stocker would close on that)
2: What's the big bracket in the forground?
3: where'd ya get the cool look'in valve covers?

 

http://www.sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?act...744&pid=123731

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...t=SUM%2D440336

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33627

 

No, what he's telling you is what he said...more resistance=less current...not slower, electricity still travels at the same speed.