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Hi, i'm building an esky, 2l pinto, gsx600 tb, 36-1 with falcon vr, v6 commodore air and watr temp. need ideas on which coil packs to use either twin wasted- spark or quad setup. I was thinking vp commodore wasted spark but i havent got down to the wreckers yet to see if i can run 2 only without the back plane..
what are the other aussie 4cylinder setups and which ones to avoid

thanks

Hi I'm using Hyundai coil pack in wasted spark on a L20b nissan with 36-1for the trigger.
Cheers

why did you decide on a wasted spark over a 4 coil setup?

Four cylinder Ford Mondeo have good coilpacks - more reliable than Hyundai coils. Otherwise you could use four 'plain' ignition coils eg. Bosch HEC716.

thanks. just ebay'd v6 commodore wasted spark setups. read some sr20 guys using same. nice and cheap. run a large plug gap which should be good for a bit more spark.

Can anyone tell me which pin is which on v6 vn-vs commodore coils?

Did a quick google and found this;

>1. Earth
>2. +12V
>3. EST (Electronic Spark Timing, ie the important one !!)
>4. Bypass

>Bypass mode is used at low cranking speeds where signal from the CAS
>(Crank Angle Sensor) may be eratic. This may or may not be important
>depending on your application.

>EST is the signal from the computer for
>the coils to be fired and varies with rpm,load, etc.,etc.

Have a look on http://holdenpaedia.oldholden.com/V6_Ignition as well.

Or you can remove the coils from the coil pack and fire them individually.

Thanks Long283, I was going to use 4 of them to run a v8 so I needed to to know which is switching and 12v+ on the bottom of the coils. With the info you provided I should be able to work it out with an old module and a multimeter.

cheers.