How do YOU mount your coil?

[Cranky]

Lmao!!!

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I've mounted a hell of a lot of them in the rear seat, matter of fact it got to be so often I removed one of the arm rests to provide more mounting room. I have mounted them on the hood, the trunk lid a few times, and in the front seat several times also, but the console got in the way and I was always thinking about cracking it. The backseat was my preferred area to mount them although I mounted one on the convert boot cover once with the top down from inside the car facing backwards, that was one of my favorites.

Had a convert back in the mid 80's and my 'X' wife hated it.....but I thought how cool it would be to 'utilize' it Noticed I said X. The convert was a 70 440 fully loaded RT Challenger! One of the few that I regret ever selling. My present wife is a car freak too....

 

[tallhair]

Lmao!!!

Had a convert back in the mid 80's and my 'X' wife hated it.....but I thought how cool it would be to 'utilize' it Noticed I said X. The convert was a 70 440 fully loaded RT Challenger! One of the few that I regret ever selling. My present wife is a car freak too....

I can understand that Cranky. I never felt like a car was mine until I had fully 'utilized' it. You know 'gutted it and made it my own'.

 

[scotts74birds]

I have an electrical background, but I'm not an engineer. Heat, reduces lifespan and increases resistance. Distance, while cooler, increases resistance. Both of these can result in voltage-drop. The accounting departments requirements may have set the size of the coils wires. I am not smart enough to know the ohms/foot of the high-voltage coil wire. But if it were me, I would remote mount the coil OFF the engine. Then I would up-size the wires feeding the coil to their sources. All of this would probably only show on a dyno, and possibly increased coil life. Voltage-drop is a big concern with low-voltage, and DC circuits. Any voltage, or current drop, on the primary side, will be seen on the secondary side.

 

[ZR9B]

Mine is going back on the intake...as hot as the headers get I cant see any advantage to leaving it on the fender well.

 

[daredevil]

Mine is going back on the intake...as hot as the headers get I cant see any advantage to leaving it on the fender well.

Bingo.

 

[Cranky]

With large aftermarket coils, it's next to impossible to mount one to the intake and where tallhair's coil is mounted, is a good spot. Only modification to make it just about perfect is if the core support had a hole like the battery side has to help keep it cool.