Coil Location

[greg fulk]

My Cutlass has it inside the car. It took me a couple years to find it....if ya look inside the glove box (it just has a door now) you can see an OLD Accel SS coil with a I guess a bulk head heck I don't know but the coil plugs in on one side of the firewall & dist plugs in on the other.....I figure it's been in the car since it was built back in 86.....BTW on trouble out of it as long as I have had it (07 till now)

[Duane Eiskant II]

Dave on your car, if it were me i would mount it on the front of the shock tower or the front of the engine. MSD also says to have a coil wire that is no longer than 12', (of course that was back in 09 it could have changed by now) BUT make sure to use the rubber isolators/mounts so it dampens vibrations. IMOP thats how i would do it...

[Dave Turner]

Originally Posted by greg fulk

My Cutlass has it inside the car. It took me a couple years to find it....if ya look inside the glove box (it just has a door now) you can see an OLD Accel SS coil with a I guess a bulk head heck I don't know but the coil plugs in on one side of the firewall & dist plugs in on the other.....I figure it's been in the car since it was built back in 86.....BTW on trouble out of it as long as I have had it (07 till now)

That follows the "if it ain't broke principle" and there's nothing flawed in that theory. How many times have folks set out to improve a race car, only to slow it up? If this project had been turn-key, I probably would have left the coil location as was....on the shock tower.

Thanks Greg!

[Dave Turner]

Originally Posted by Duane Eiskant II

Dave on your car, if it were me i would mount it on the front of the shock tower or the front of the engine. MSD also says to have a coil wire that is no longer than 12', (of course that was back in 09 it could have changed by now) BUT make sure to use the rubber isolators/mounts so it dampens vibrations. IMOP thats how i would do it...

Thanks DE2; the majority seem to favor the under hood location - keep it as close to the distributor as possible.

[greg fulk]

Dave that's why it still has a Posi unit in it & stock axles.....may be why it drives so good too!

[henrys57wagon]

On the Nova it is mounted inside on the pass foot well, with continuous wire between the coil and the dist. We have never tried it with a shorter wire location to see if it makes any difference.