COP Thread
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8 weeks isn't bad. I ordered a bunch of connectors a while back (60+ IIRC), got a shipment of 32 of them, and when I called to ask where the others were they told me it would be 12+ weeks because the rest had to come from Japan.
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This is the exact cap I have in my COPs. Panasonic TSHA series, 10,000 uF, 16V, good rated lifetime at the high temps it will see under the hood, a bit less than 1" in diameter and 1" height.
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So I have this ginormous cap just sitting around.
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I believe it was who told me long ago you just clip the pickup on the harness for the #1 coil. Worked like a champ for me. Far as I know there isn't a special timing light for COP vehicles.
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You would take power, ground, and trigger from one pigtail and only trigger from the second. There is no reason to get power and ground from the second pigtail because it ties into the same wiring as the first pigtail. You could however put a capacitor across the power and ground of the second pigtail.
Or you could use the oem power wiring to trigger a relay that was wired to the fuse box.
Or you could use the oem power wiring to trigger a relay that was wired to the fuse box.
#1252
Just finishing up my harness and am curious on how to wire up these capacitor's. I bought two 4700's from radioshack. I know I'm supposed to connect one wire to the + wire from the harness and the other the - side. The question is...how do I know which side is what on this capacitor? It just has one wire coming out of either end...The other difference I saw was one end has the rubber on it and the other is just metal(at the base). Thanks!
#1260
Here's the harness
Here they are on the car.
I was already in need of a new set of plug wires. I bought the coils with the pigtails on E-Bay for $63.00 shipped. I already had the wire, split loom, solder and soldering iron in the garage. So for about the price of a decent set of plug wires I have this.
I soldered the harness together in my living room while I was watching a college basketball game and installed this in the car during half time.
Thank you to the starters of this thread. You made this mod so easy. With this being as cheap and as easy I really don't see why more people aren't on this band wagon.
Here they are on the car.
I was already in need of a new set of plug wires. I bought the coils with the pigtails on E-Bay for $63.00 shipped. I already had the wire, split loom, solder and soldering iron in the garage. So for about the price of a decent set of plug wires I have this.
I soldered the harness together in my living room while I was watching a college basketball game and installed this in the car during half time.
Thank you to the starters of this thread. You made this mod so easy. With this being as cheap and as easy I really don't see why more people aren't on this band wagon.