coil packs

[rbs13]

hey guys just got a problem with my rb20det, it runs ok but could be better but it has a really shitty idle, im guessing at the moment its coil packs, i was speaking to a mate of mine and he told me to go coil packs mounted on the firewall using some different coil packs, so i dont have to spend 1000bux on replacment ones which is more than i can afford atm. has anyone actually done the "remote mounted coil packs with the spark plug lead going from them to the sparkies" i wanna know how to do, i seem to have some heating problems in this queensland heat.. gets EXTREAMLY hot when looking for a car park or traveling slow in traffic.. so i thought this mite be destroying the coil packs in one way or another??? anyway. if any one could help me out that would be great.

cheers.

clint

[predator]

hmm...definitely sounds heat related.. although I am also in the Queensland heat and have had no similar problems. Have you tried regapping your spark plugs? do you know what spark plugs you have in there at the moment??

I've seen the separate coil idea and have been curious. Looks like they use standard Bosch coils, which are around $30 each (I think) and fit older distributor cars, and then via standard leads to the plugs. That would be easy. How they fire each of the coils via either the existing igniter pack, or some other method I don't know?? Obviously they wouldn't use a distributor which would be the old school way of doing it.

Anybody know the mojo?