At 08:05 AM 1/21/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>>has anybody put the accel brass cap and rotor on there dak?? is it any
>>batter than a regular?? i want to replace my cap and rotor and was
>>wondering if should get the brass or not... if it doesn't make a
>>difference than i won't... my truck is a 94 v6, with a 10" fabm,
>>magnacore wires, and a cherry bomb muffler, so i don't have a whole lot
>>of mods.... will the accel supercoil help either?? well if anybody
>>has any expereince with using these products, your input would be
>>greatly appreciated....
>
>Iīm not using the Accel parts. I found out I need to use the NAPA brass cap
>(rotor makes very little difference) to get any more than 10,000 miles or
>so. Iīve got the Accel super coil.
>
>BTW, someone mentioned Accel has an adapter kit. They didnīt when I got my
>coil. Iīd already replaced a bad coil with another stock coil, so what I
>did was to carve up the old coil on a bandsaw, a lot of work to get the
>fancy connector off it! I wired everything up so I can use either the
>Accel, or the stock coil. It doesnīt make that much difference. A tad
>better mileage, shorter cap contact life, and a bit stronger top end with
>the Accel coil, so thatīs what I normally run. Basically have a "hot spare"
>ready to go...
>
>I mounted the Accel coil on the firewall immediately above the distributor,
>so the other advantage is less loss, and better wet condition tolerance
>(the stock coil gets doused in deep water crossings by water thrown back by
>the fan).
>
>One thing I donīt like about the Accel coil is that it makes noise.
>Physical ticking sound when it fires. Iīm sure it wouldnīt be a problem,
>except that itīs on a sounding board (the firewall) that couples right into
>the passenger compartment. You can only hear it at idle.
>
>Jim
>ī93 4x4 CC V8
>
>
>
I'll be damned!! I did the exact same thing with my Accel coil - and put
it in the same location. Except, I chopped the wires off before the
factory coil and put a set of male/female connectors on it. That way I can
hook up either coil at any time. And yes, that buzzing sound from the
Accel gets annoying! Just gotta turn the stereo up, that's all!!
Hmm....here's an idea about the getting rid of the noise I haven't tried
yet, but am looking into. You could take a couple thin pieces of rubber
and a thin sheet of steel or aluminum. Then sandwhich the steel plate with
the rubber insulators. Maybe that would get rid of the sound???
Brian
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