Anyone Running Coil Near Plug setups?

[Johnny Mac]

Would love some remote mount coil photos/ideas?

I'm strongly considering going to a terminator x with coil near plug setup. Dual sync distributor with a dummy cap.

I keep laying them various ways, and setting them on the valve covers, but not sure what I like.

 

[TT5.9mag]

@Matts440 has em and nicely mounted, and @subcom does as well.

 

[Matts440]

Mine are mounted on the aluminum valve covers cant take all the credit Mad dart originally did them and I modified for the different LS coils.

 

[jbc426]

Here's what I used to mount mine. I drilled 4 blind holes and tapped them to an aluminum plate that I welded to my valve covers.

 

[DionR]

@racerjoe had a nice setup with all of the coils stacked where the distributor on his LA. He might not have used LS coils though, don’t remember. It was clean though.

 

[subcom]

Here’s mine:
Post in thread '7875 + 5.9 + E85 + Megasquirt'
7875 + 5.9 + E85 + Megasquirt

 

[Toluene56]

Pretty sure I commented on one of your fb posts. But here's another pic.

 

[Johnny Mac]

Pretty sure I commented on one of your fb posts. But here's another pic.
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Yup! I think I ordered those exact same brackets. They are bigger than I thought. They show up Monday. We will see.

 

[jbc426]

Yup! I think I ordered those exact same brackets. They are bigger than I thought. They show up Monday. We will see.

Those are the same ones I'm using in the above photo. I liked them better than most of the other styles available too.

 

[racerjoe]

Would love some remote mount coil photos/ideas?

I'm strongly considering going to a terminator x with coil near plug setup. Dual sync distributor with a dummy cap.

I keep laying them various ways, and setting them on the valve covers, but not sure what I like.

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If you use the Jeep cam sensor, it will free up a bunch of room where the distributor is. I made brackets as mentioned above to hold the LS coils with the heat sinks on them. I guess you need to decide if you want them somewhere that looks good or somewhere that makes easy access to them or for valve cover removal. Mine looked good and allowed for easy valve cover removal, but they were hard to access if one ever failed.

 

[Johnny Mac]

If you use the Jeep cam sensor, it will free up a bunch of room where the distributor is. I made brackets as mentioned above to hold the LS coils with the heat sinks on them. I guess you need to decide if you want them somewhere that looks good or somewhere that makes easy access to them or for valve cover removal. Mine looked good and allowed for easy valve cover removal, but they were hard to access if one ever failed.

Thanks for the tip! I planned on a dummy distributor cap on a dual sync holley. Is there a magnum / grand cherokee cam sync type distributor i'm unaware of? or are you talking about using an external sensor like a crank trigger? I thought GC's had distributors and plug wires until they stopped making them with the 5.2 / 5.9 and went to the 4.7?

thanks again!

 

[racerjoe]

Thanks for the tip! I planned on a dummy distributor cap on a dual sync holley. Is there a magnum / grand cherokee cam sync type distributor i'm unaware of? or are you talking about using an external sensor like a crank trigger? I thought GC's had distributors and plug wires until they stopped making them with the 5.2 / 5.9 and went to the 4.7?

thanks again!

I'm not familiar with the magnum engines enough to have an educated answer for you. I purchased a cam sensor adapter from SD Concepts years ago to use the Jeep sensor. I don't think those are available anymore, and I'm not aware of anyone else making them. I sold mine after I did my hemi swap.

 

[Matts440]

I use the one from a 04 jeep with the same SD concept. Sorry it's a far pic of one.

 

[racerjoe]

I use the one from a 04 jeep with the same SD concept. Sorry it's a far pic of one.

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That's the one I had. I just couldn't find a picture of it.

 

[TT5.9mag]

@DNasty777 is making bad *** little cam sensors. Get one from him.

 

[Johnny Mac]

Thanks guys, these are what I was picturing, just didn't know the "Jeep" part of it. Fords and chevys had these in later years too. Never seen one on a mopar. Very cool

 

[Johnny Mac]

I have seen worst things!

 

[Johnny Mac]

Or this....I like the above better, but just seems trickier. Not enough room to run a bolt through the valve covers, and loop the plug wires 180 degrees

 

[Matts440]

Top does look good, just drill and tap and red lock tight the bolts in and call it good. Buy some LS spark plug wires and good to go.

 

[DNasty777]

I welded some cheap D585 coil brackets to the top of my VC. The downside to that is if I ever wanted to switch to IGN1A coils, I'd have to buy new valve covers. I think if I were to do it again I'd weld 2 or 3 blind hole bungs in the VC and make an adapter plate for any coils I wanted to run.

 

[DionR]

This is still my favorite look for a CNP setup, these are @racerjoe pictures.

That said, I understand the servicability and don't mind them on the VC's. The only one I don't really care for is remote mounting them off the motor. Just an aesthetics thing for me.

I think @goldduster318 did a CNP setup as well?

 

[racerjoe]

This is still my favorite look for a CNP setup, these are @racerjoe pictures.

That said, I understand the servicability and don't mind them on the VC's. The only one I don't really care for is remote mounting them off the motor. Just an aesthetics thing for me.

I think @goldduster318 did a CNP setup as well?

That's the pictures I was looking for! To be honest, I think I only had a suspected coil problem once, which turned out to be nothing. But I didn't figure that out until I took one side apart. Valve cover removal was easy, just pull the wires and fold them over the intake like you would have done with a distributor.

 

[DNasty777]

Didn’t want to clog up this thread, but if anyone is interested in the cam sensor project I’ve made another discussion thread here: Custom Cam Position Sensors - General Inquiry and Discussion, Feedback Appreciated

 

[goldduster318]

I think @goldduster318 did a CNP setup as well?

Yes, I did this almost 10 years ago. A friend of mine is welding standoffs to a better set of valve covers because these ones are generally junky and not very compatible with the super victor efi intake.

 

[goldduster318]

Also I should mention I have a 36-1 wheel on the crank pulley and a 92+ Magnum distributor with the rotor part cut off for a cam sensor. No need to get too fancy on the cam sensor at all. I would have made a better crank sensor bracket if there was ever a problem but so far there hasn't been.