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Old 08-18-2010, 06:22 PM
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I converted my car a while ago to cops with megasquirt and now i need to go back to stock ecu and coils for california smog. My OBD fail and MS are not getting along :( . I lost the oem connectors for the stock coils but have some contacts that fit on the coils pins. I just need to know which pin is what now. Here is a pic and hopefully someone knows which pin goes to which wire.

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Old 08-18-2010, 06:23 PM
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I have it for you... Give me a few minutes.
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this should be right...
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Umm.. won't the stock ECU run your COP's? I was under the impression if you wired them for wasted spark like stock it would run just fine. Or is it an emissions requirement?
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It will but the dwell settings are different. Technically you can run it. There is a chance of frying the coils though. Guys do run them without a dwell reducing circuit.
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Originally Posted by 240_to_miata
It will but the dwell settings are different. Technically you can run it. There is a chance of frying the coils though. Guys do run them without a dwell reducing circuit.
+1 on the dwell. I didn't feel like risking it. Thank you for the quick reply. The car is up an running on the stock ecu and coils.
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No problem. Good luck. I gave up on trying to battle passing CT emissions with a parallel setup so I went back to stock ECU as well. I kept getting a CEL because the AFR's were too far away from what the stock ecu wanted to see.

I passed in about 10 minutes after using the proper driving cycle. You dont need to drive 100+ miles or w/e you just need to clear all the readyness codes. Search my old posts and you might find a thread or 2 about what info i followed to pass.
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