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Old 07-18-2011, 08:41 PM
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Default Cheap coil relocation (How to) with pics

Ive searched a while and couldnt find a solid answer on a cheap way to do it. This is what I came up with.


I purchased the relocation bracket off ebay 60$ but it can easily be made with 4; 5 inch bolts a drill and some steel. Ill post pics of the bracket tom.


The wires I purchased from autozone for 20$ they are for a 92 Lt1 camaro only tools required are some oil, flat head screw driver, needle nosed pliers, and regular pliers.


Hope this helps
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i would like to see some more pic's of a finished product and mounting locations.
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Yeah keep us posted on the install. Really interested to see how this will mount and look because im trying to make this my next mod
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Did this 6 years ago. Spent $20 at home depot and some LT1 plug wires.
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what prevent someone from using the stock mounting brackets, flipping them adn mounting them to the underneath of the cowl, back the coil harness out of the main engine harness and get a different set of plug wires?
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Looks very clean man. Can you kinda explain how you did the wires on the harness? Will the harness reach to the packs without any splicing? And im guessing the brackets mount to the back of the heads?
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Awsome, I have been wanting to do this for a while but wasnt sure on the wires to use.
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are the only benefits from this mod aesthetic?
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Originally Posted by RsSean
what prevent someone from using the stock mounting brackets, flipping them adn mounting them to the underneath of the cowl, back the coil harness out of the main engine harness and get a different set of plug wires?
The stock coil brackets are to large. If you make your own coil brackets you can compact them and you do not have to cut any of the wires to make it fit. The coil brackets that I fabricated are half the size of the stockers. Like I said a little less than $20 at home depot and the cost of the LT1 wires made it a low dollar mod.
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Originally Posted by elliotz28
are the only benefits from this mod aesthetic?
Looking kool is priceless ...... If you clean up the top of a LS series engine it doesn't look half bad....but it is butt ugly with all that crap all over top of it when it is stock...and fuel rail covers are super gay...
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Just a FYI for yall ... I beleive that Moroso makes a coil relocation bracket for LS series engines. For all of you that do not want to fabricate a bracket you might want to check their catalog. You can buy a 8.5 MM wire set from MSD if you wish to use their wires. I originally used some LT1 wires from Taylor but replaced them after 100K miles and use the MSD 8.5 MM wires currently.
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isnt mounting the brakets hard because of the crammed space you are working?
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It'd be cheaper to fab it up yourself-I saw a kit from Thunder racing for like $200 or something...
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I got my brackets off ebay for 60 bucks, they are just a thin piece of steel with 2 bolts through them and spacers you can make it yourself for under 20$

The wires i made from LT1 wires and the ls1 wires. but as said MSD makes a set they are 119$ I believe. No benifit to them besides cleaning up the engine bay.
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Like I posted above you can make your brackets and spacers for less than $20 with hardwear from home depot or any hardwear store. After that is all comes down to how much you want to spend on your spark plug wires. This is not rocket science it is just hot rodding. Fabricating something instead of going to the store and buying it off the shelf is what hot rodding is all about.



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