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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby ManiacLachy » Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:48 am

I don't want to know how much it costs. Ignorance is bliss!

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby greenMachine » Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:00 am

ManiacLachy wrote:I don't want to know how much it costs. Ignorance is bliss!


Where is the 'like' button? :lol:

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby StanTheMan » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:01 am

if its any consolation I recon Ive spent $300 just on shims I keep getting wrong.
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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby greenMachine » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:21 pm

StanTheMan wrote:if its any consolation I recon Ive spent $300 just on shims I keep getting wrong.


SUBs? Sandpaper on glass will reduce the thickness. I used that, and a proper thicknesser, when redoing the shims after a cam change.

Not much you can do if they are too thin though :P

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby Daffy » Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:18 pm

Red_Bullet wrote:Come on, stick all your spending in a spreadsheet and tell us, hide it from the missus, but tell us. :roll: hahhahahhaha

I tried figuring it out mate....... parts cost + hidden extras @ 10% of the full moon phase moving into line with Mars rising in the east......
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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby ManiacLachy » Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:25 pm

You need to get down to the drag strip and start hustling suckers!

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby bruce » Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:30 pm

Daffy wrote:I tried figuring it out mate....... parts cost + hidden extras @ 10% of the full moon phase moving into line with Mars rising in the east......

Hey, I don't wanna see your full moon!

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby MX5NBpsi » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:49 pm

awsome coils they are thirsty suckers remember to upgrade your power feed as they are 2or 3 times what the CBR(Fab9)coils require i also think they have require 2 earths per coil if my memory is correct.
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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby luzinit » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:41 pm

Did you have any issues with a CEL displaying with the fab9 coils?

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby Daffy » Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:05 pm

luzinit wrote:Did you have any issues with a CEL displaying with the fab9 coils?

Fortunately, I have not seen the CEL on for a very long time, and definitely not with the Fab9 coils. They worked really well (aside from modifying the plugs to get the best connection out of it), but the position they take see them sitting on a really hot part of the motor. The cold start up idle has been an indication for a while now that they were starting to perish (after more thanks 4 years). Hats off to fab9, these coils have held up well for my set up, more so than I thought.
MX5NBpsi wrote:awsome coils they are thirsty suckers remember to upgrade your power feed as they are 2or 3 times what the CBR(Fab9)coils require i also think they have require 2 earths per coil if my memory is correct.

I got a Ford alternator in as well as an odyssey PC925, hopefully I have enough there to be sufficient.

Heres a youtube link to show the acceleration from standing start 1st, 2nd and 3rd change before an immediate back off, plugs gapped at .5 with the fab9 coils in at 25psi of boost. I will be posting up more of the rewire and installation shortly :DIY:

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby ManiacLachy » Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:07 am

I don't think the Haltech would throw a CEL for the coils, they'd work or they wouldn't, you just configure the ECU correctly and you should be good to go.

I don't think a stock ECU could run them, but it would likely throw a CEL as it would be seeing something it doesn't expect.

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby Daffy » Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:02 pm

The mounting bracket and coils are ready for placement away from the heat. Time to run some new harness and wires and relocate the radiator overflow bottle, then take some measurements for the new leads. Once done its off to the tuner to program in some dwell time.
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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby Daffy » Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:37 pm

1st step, mounting complete :DIY:
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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby ManiacLachy » Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:54 pm

Looks like a good location for it, clean install.

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Re: Daffy's SE

Postby SKYHI » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:03 pm

Well I can't say I've ever seen coils mounted there before........but why not :)


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