ignition
10-05-2002, 09:54 PM
#25
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Okinawa, Japan
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I've heard good and bad about the Jacobs unit...BUT after seeing it 1st hand, I wouldn't hesistate on picking it up if the price was right. You have to get both the coils and igniter though since the jacobs igniter will fry the stock coils. 
10-15-2002, 08:48 AM
#27
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Utopia
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I use two Crane Hi-6's and two LX92 CDI Crane coils, one for each leading spark plug on my 566bhp 13B Turbo, I run 11 heat range plugs with premix + metering pump + water injection, this is hard **** to fire !!! The Crane set up is first class !
I have been running it now for almost 6 months (daily driver) and the only down side is that it is very hard on the ground electrode and the center electrode, it wears the plugs out about 10 times as fast compared to stock of transistor type non CDI ignition.
But if you are after performance and want to be able to fire a "cold" plug with out having a cold misfire or not take the risk with running to hot a plug cause your ignition is not strong enough then CDI is the go.
I realy love my Crane set up, I highly recommend that you use one box or cahnnel per leading plug, do not divide the energy over two plugs or coils.
I have been running it now for almost 6 months (daily driver) and the only down side is that it is very hard on the ground electrode and the center electrode, it wears the plugs out about 10 times as fast compared to stock of transistor type non CDI ignition.
But if you are after performance and want to be able to fire a "cold" plug with out having a cold misfire or not take the risk with running to hot a plug cause your ignition is not strong enough then CDI is the go.
I realy love my Crane set up, I highly recommend that you use one box or cahnnel per leading plug, do not divide the energy over two plugs or coils.
10-15-2002, 09:06 AM
#28
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Originally Posted by RICE RACING' date='Oct 15 2002, 09:48 PM
I use two Crane Hi-6's and two LX92 CDI Crane coils, one for each leading spark plug on my 566bhp 13B Turbo, I run 11 heat range plugs with premix + metering pump + water injection, this is hard **** to fire !!! The Crane set up is first class !
I have been running it now for almost 6 months (daily driver) and the only down side is that it is very hard on the ground electrode and the center electrode, it wears the plugs out about 10 times as fast compared to stock of transistor type non CDI ignition.
But if you are after performance and want to be able to fire a "cold" plug with out having a cold misfire or not take the risk with running to hot a plug cause your ignition is not strong enough then CDI is the go.
I realy love my Crane set up, I highly recommend that you use one box or cahnnel per leading plug, do not divide the energy over two plugs or coils.
I have been running it now for almost 6 months (daily driver) and the only down side is that it is very hard on the ground electrode and the center electrode, it wears the plugs out about 10 times as fast compared to stock of transistor type non CDI ignition.
But if you are after performance and want to be able to fire a "cold" plug with out having a cold misfire or not take the risk with running to hot a plug cause your ignition is not strong enough then CDI is the go.
I realy love my Crane set up, I highly recommend that you use one box or cahnnel per leading plug, do not divide the energy over two plugs or coils.
10-15-2002, 04:50 PM
#29
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: California
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Originally Posted by RX-Midget' date='Sep 4 2002, 05:00 PM
[quote name='Dont_Be_A_Rikki' date='Sep 4 2002, 11:18 AM']
We need to get tot the bottom of this because I heard justin say Crane does not want anyone to use there ing. systems on our cars. So anyone else heard this?
-Rikki
We need to get tot the bottom of this because I heard justin say Crane does not want anyone to use there ing. systems on our cars. So anyone else heard this?
-Rikki
Side note - My damn MSD scared the crap out of me the other day (forgot to tell ya this one Rikki). I put the new oil cooler on and disconnected the trigger signal to the MSD so I could crank it without starting just to get oil through the new cooler and build pressure first. When I let off the key, the damn thing lit off the dual post coil and blew a 4' flame out the tail pipe in the garage!! I had to change my shorts! It was LOUD.
Any how, I've found that the MSD will sometimes send spark to the coil when the ignition is just turned on or off. Kind of a random thing, but it may not be good for the seals to ignite while sitting still ?[/quote]
the haltech fires the ignition when you turn it on, sometimes its at the right place to fire and move the engine
mike