whats going on with it? any so called upgrade to the coil pack is useless but looks pretty.

 

How much extra voltage do you need?

There's enough DC current in the coil packs to knock you off of your feet.

So, unless you are running a monster stereo, mountain motor or some insanely huge plug wires, the stock replacements should be more than sufficient.

That said, you mention that you thought you had a problem with a coil. I highly doubt that. The reason being that if you did the car probably wouldn't run at all as the coils are connected. Lose one and the rest cease to function.

However, if you still want to look at high output coils, I would start with MSD. Keep in mind, that if you do that, you could be faced with big problems relative to the ECU programming.

 

That said, you mention that you thought you had a problem with a coil. I highly doubt that. The reason being that if you did the car probably wouldn't run at all as the coils are connected. Lose one and the rest cease to function.

i took my car to a shop i know and trust and i only had 2 of 4 cylenders fireing. thats fixed now and i have new spark plugs also. he said i lost cylender 2 i lost 4 also cause there on the same side of the pack. make sence? or am i crazy?

 

trouble shooting time

 

What the shop guy says makes sense. I am an electrician, and depending on how the distributor is wired (one side could be in parallel to the other) you may lose two cylinders at a time. If they are in parallel, as opposed to being wired in series (like christmas tree lights, where one goes and they all go) you would never lose more or less than two at once. It would all depend on how your distributor cap is wired.

To put it in layman's terms: each side of the distributor cap is split in half. If one half goes out, you lose 2&4, if the other side goes out you lose side 1&3.
My focus uses individual coils and I am ignorant as to the wiring of common distributor caps. Hope this answers your question.

 

I got the screeming demon coil pack from steeda but you will also have to get the live wires. total package will run about oh i dunno atleast $125.00 check here if interested.

http://www.steedafocus.com/store/Electrical-&-Ignition-Screamin'-Demon-Coil-Pack/c25_52/index.html

http://www.steedafocus.com/store/Electrical-&-Ignition-Live-Wires-Plug-Set/c25_53/index.html

 

I wouldn't waste the time or maoney on an aftermarket coil setup.

We have proven time and time again that the stock coil with upgraded wires will support well over 300whp. Toms white car put down over 700whp with a stock coil.

 

were going to try the stock stuff off my friends focus cause his is totaled. thanks for the help

 

Quite welcome.

I learned some things too. Like all the coils are not wired in series.... [wrenchin]

 

Sure the stock coil packs are sufficient, but when I changed my coil pack to msd, my stock one fell to pieces when I was taking it off. I wasnt rough on it at all....it just crumbled into peices. After installing the msd my car runs so much better. I know that has a lot to do with the better wires, and the new plugs being gapped more, but that still doesnt make up for the crappy quality of the stock coil pack.

 

^^^but then again, you probably payed so much for it.....i upgraded my wires and it was only $43 to my door

 

LOL and i got msd wires and coil 85 to my door with 2 day shipping.

 

Afraziaaa is right, each side of the coilpack is a seperate winding. It's actually testable. You just need the specs for the primary and secondary windings and know which terminals to use to get what reading. I have the table at work and will post later.

 

oh by the way i have witnessed time and again my fi friends upgrading dis coilpacks for 0 gain. it works great on older engines that use distributors, but doesn't do anything noticeable on dis

 

well honestly my experience with the screamin demon coil pack wasnt great, it killed my alternator and melted the live wires to the coil so yeah.. i'm back with the stock coil and it works just fine.