Rb Coil Pack Resistance Lies ?

[shaunpierre]

i had a random miss fire and epic back fire problem while back but i kinda sorted that prob out. but car was still sluggish and didn't feel as quick and responsive as it should.

car is stock apart from front pipes and cat back.

so i borrowed some coil packs

5 supersparks + 1 splitfire out of a rb20 making 200 and all in good working order

i put em in and WOW car feels like it just had a rebuild. nice clean and fast rev up to the limiter and a healthy bounce,

car feels great!! prob solved!!

BUT i checked resistance on the old coil packs i had, a factory set AND a back up factory 33 gtr set so 12 in total and all read about 1.4ish over all .... the manual states that u must look for .6 to .9....

my borrowed ones read all over the place but eventually drop to around 1.5 so same as my old ones but there shit....

only visible difference is the enamel type coating is flaking of on the old ones this make a diffrence???

should i purchase a set of coil packs because im confused do i have another problem? is it the igniter? how do i test that?

i dont want to go out a spend couple hundred for nothing,

let me know your thoughts guys

[Moodles2]

For starters what you are saying is very vague.

There really isn't a concrete way to test coilpacks, they either work or don't work.

If they're not working you can try taping them up with electrical tape which prevents the spark from arcing.

Clean up the ground wire on the ignitor module, it's possible switching to the "working" coilpacks (unplugging and replugging the ignitor) actually made sure it was connected properly or the ground starting working.

Next would be replacing with (cheap) copper spark plugs.

If the car is working perfectly while cold, but plays up when hot, it's the coilpack ignitor or sometimes the CAS that needs replacing.

If all of the above are ruled out, then new coilpacks.

[shaunpierre]

...i seee

i have coppers atm under 5000kms

ill do some reading on the ignitor and see how i go.

i didn't remove both the ignitor plugs... i just undone the strut brace and lifted the cover enough to get my hands in the valley. earth has always been good and clean

when i get a chance ill tape up that flaky enamel and post results...

thanks