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Since I moved back in October of '22, my car was stored at my friends house. I picked it up in November '23 and had it towed over to my new home. I finally had a chance to start working on it about 3 weeks ago and it's been fun! My Garage Whifbitz Coil Packs failed incredibly (possibly because of dwell settings which weirdly changed when the ECU firmware was upgraded). They heated up, cracked, and smoke poured out of them.
I still had the OEM Hitachi R35 coil packs available and decided to give those a try by grabbing the new Platinum Racing Products coil bracket and stalks that allows them to fit under the crossover intake. One thing to note is that the bracket mounts three of the coil packs with the connector facing cylinder 1 and three of the coil packs with the connector facing cylinder 6. This made the swap more complicated because I had to extend the wires on my loom to accommodate three of the coil packs new orientation.
Got a new base tune loaded up, modified the parameters for the modifications that I've done, got the Fuel and Oil Pressure sensors configured in the ECU correctly so that they are read into the ECU and configured the Haltech GuageArt CAN Bus Gauge setup. Engine almost started yesterday on the base tune, but then the battery died. Will try again today since the battery has had a chance to charge up!
EDIT: Engine just started... WAY too much fuel in the base tune. Its dumping fuel from the tail pipe... Need to clean that up! Clutch sounds horrible when engaged. So a few things to clean up!
Sounds like you're well on your way - can't believe those coils failed so miserably, ha! New coils look great. Can't wait to see what this thing can put down with a clutch that doesn't slip!
Sounds like you're well on your way - can't believe those coils failed so miserably, ha! New coils look great. Can't wait to see what this thing can put down with a clutch that doesn't slip!
Originally Posted by Ali SC3
I like that coil setup, nice work!
Thanks guys!
My issue with excess fuel is the electronic timing. The Haltech doesn’t know where the engine is… will be adding cam sensors and deleting the distributor completely to make tuning easier.
Or did you install some other PRP item all together?
Thanks for the help.
Bruce
Originally Posted by mrmj2u
Since I moved back in October of '22, my car was stored at my friends house. I picked it up in November '23 and had it towed over to my new home. I finally had a chance to start working on it about 3 weeks ago and it's been fun! My Garage Whifbitz Coil Packs failed incredibly (possibly because of dwell settings which weirdly changed when the ECU firmware was upgraded). They heated up, cracked, and smoke poured out of them.
I still had the OEM Hitachi R35 coil packs available and decided to give those a try by grabbing the new Platinum Racing Products coil bracket and stalks that allows them to fit under the crossover intake. One thing to note is that the bracket mounts three of the coil packs with the connector facing cylinder 1 and three of the coil packs with the connector facing cylinder 6. This made the swap more complicated because I had to extend the wires on my loom to accommodate three of the coil packs new orientation.
Got a new base tune loaded up, modified the parameters for the modifications that I've done, got the Fuel and Oil Pressure sensors configured in the ECU correctly so that they are read into the ECU and configured the Haltech GuageArt CAN Bus Gauge setup. Engine almost started yesterday on the base tune, but then the battery died. Will try again today since the battery has had a chance to charge up!
EDIT: Engine just started... WAY too much fuel in the base tune. Its dumping fuel from the tail pipe... Need to clean that up! Clutch sounds horrible when engaged. So a few things to clean up!
I purchased the stalks and bracket kit. I did not purchase the coils or the wiring harness from pro as I reused the harness from the Garage Whifbitz kit and I had previously purchased genuine Hitachi coil packs from RockAuto for $58 each (IGC0079). The price on those has gone down to $56 each as of today.
If I were purchasing the kit today, I would purchase the harness from PRP also because the coils don't all face the same direction when using the PRP kit, so I had to lengthen the wires on my GW harness.
I purchased the stalks and bracket kit. I did not purchase the coils or the wiring harness from pro as I reused the harness from the Garage Whifbitz kit and I had previously purchased genuine Hitachi coil packs from RockAuto for $58 each (IGC0079). The price on those has gone down to $56 each as of today.
If I were purchasing the kit today, I would purchase the harness from PRP also because the coils don't all face the same direction when using the PRP kit, so I had to lengthen the wires on my GW harness.
What ECU are you running? Is it aftermarket? I am curious how you are providing Igniter Feedback (IGF) to the ECU?
Thanks,
Bruce
Hey Bruce, sorry for the SUPER late reply, I'm running Haltech Elite 2000. I do not remember running an igniter feedback wire to the ECU.
I'm now running the SupreVWorld Cam Sensor in addition to a VVTI Crank sensor. After setting the base crank angle in the Haltech ESP, the engine fired right up! I was able to move the car under its own power. It felt nice.
I'm currently working on the car in my very limited spare time, so it was very satisfying to get it running 😃
