a friend of mine mentioned the coil on plug set up and it got me thinking is that possible on the amc 360 and what benefit would it have.
has anyone done it?
coil on plug set up?
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Rinkle_Stinkle
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coil on plug set up?
1988 Grand Wag
AMC 360 with 96K
Edelbrock intake manifold
260H Comp Cam
Edelbrock AVS 4brl carb
Headman headers
2" to thrush muff with 3" tip exhaust
AMC 360 with 96K
Edelbrock intake manifold
260H Comp Cam
Edelbrock AVS 4brl carb
Headman headers
2" to thrush muff with 3" tip exhaust
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Re: coil on plug set up?
You can really only do coil on plug on an engine that has hemi style heads where the plug is in the center of the valve cover away from the exhaust.
You could do coil per plug, like GM uses on their V8s. Where you have a short 6" or so spark plug wire with a coil dedicated to each spark plug. But, you would most likely have to write your own engine management software, or try to modify software from a more recent GM engine that uses this setup. And then you would have all that work, without much gain.
You could do coil per plug, like GM uses on their V8s. Where you have a short 6" or so spark plug wire with a coil dedicated to each spark plug. But, you would most likely have to write your own engine management software, or try to modify software from a more recent GM engine that uses this setup. And then you would have all that work, without much gain.
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Re: coil on plug set up?
Look in the EFI forum on the ifsja.org forum. I've forgotten the builder's sig, but it's there and done with Megasquirt. Realize this will only work with EFI when you trigger from a tooth wheel on the crank. But yeah, it's been done. Advantage? Well, I'm not sure how much more advantage you get beyond the EFI itself, but the trigger wheel is more accurate than the tach signal from your distributor. Again, not sure how large an advantage this is quantitatively. Modern engine refinements are driven by performance, emissions and economy, and if the main advantage is lower emissions, you may not see any visible gains from specific "modern" improvements.
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Browless and proud: '82 J20 360/T18/NP208/3.73, Destination A/Ts, 7600 GVWR
Copper Polly: '75 CJ-6, 304/T15, PS, BFG KM2s, soft top
GTI without the badges: '95 VW Golf Sport 2000cc 2D
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Rinkle_Stinkle
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Re: coil on plug set up?
thanx or the info! sounds like a pain in the butt for not much result.
1988 Grand Wag
AMC 360 with 96K
Edelbrock intake manifold
260H Comp Cam
Edelbrock AVS 4brl carb
Headman headers
2" to thrush muff with 3" tip exhaust
AMC 360 with 96K
Edelbrock intake manifold
260H Comp Cam
Edelbrock AVS 4brl carb
Headman headers
2" to thrush muff with 3" tip exhaust
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Re: coil on plug set up?
Tim Reese
Maine beekeeper's truck: '77 J10 LWB, 258/T15/D20/3.54 bone stock, low options (delete radio), PS/PDB, hubcaps.
Browless and proud: '82 J20 360/T18/NP208/3.73, Destination A/Ts, 7600 GVWR
Copper Polly: '75 CJ-6, 304/T15, PS, BFG KM2s, soft top
GTI without the badges: '95 VW Golf Sport 2000cc 2D
Dual Everything: '15 Chryco Jeep Cherokee KL Trailhawk, ECO Green
Blockchain the vote.
Maine beekeeper's truck: '77 J10 LWB, 258/T15/D20/3.54 bone stock, low options (delete radio), PS/PDB, hubcaps.
Browless and proud: '82 J20 360/T18/NP208/3.73, Destination A/Ts, 7600 GVWR
Copper Polly: '75 CJ-6, 304/T15, PS, BFG KM2s, soft top
GTI without the badges: '95 VW Golf Sport 2000cc 2D
Dual Everything: '15 Chryco Jeep Cherokee KL Trailhawk, ECO Green
Blockchain the vote.
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Re: coil on plug set up?
Bummer all the images are broken. But cool that somebody got it working.tgreese wrote:Myk - http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthread.php?t=136772
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Re: coil on plug set up?
On of the guys in Reno just converted his 401 to distributor less system. Will try and get the details asI am interested in this conversion as well.
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