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Old 05-14-2004, 11:31 AM
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Default Anyone relocating coil packs in early F-body?

I haven't heard of anyone relocating their coil packs in a 67-69 F-body. I want my motor to look as clean as possibe, maybe with some C5-R valve covers. Where could I put the coil packs without having being too visible? The 4th gen cars can have them put under the cowl, but since we dont have one like that, has anybody thought about putting them elsewhere?
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how far back does the enigne sit? if you have space you could mount them behind them. or maybe on the firwall of wheel wells.
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I think somebody make a bracket to put them on the back of the heads. I thought that it was one of the first gen guys. Try searching the old posts.
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BRP might have them.
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The Year One Camaro had them on the back of the heads but that is with the engine
WAY forward. I think mine are going behind the firewall inside the car, if I can come up with a bulkhead to route the wires through.
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I remember seeing some bulkheads for mounting the coil inside the car on non-HEI racecars, so I guess about 8 of those would work ok. I think they were in either Summit or Jegs. May check on those when I get home.
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Mark and I built some custom brackets based upon the year one model. I don't rememberthe specifics, but we bought some 1 1/2" aluminum angle and created a "cup", that bolts onto the back of the head, and then used SS washers, SS threaded rod and alumunum tube as spacers. This is for his 1963 GS Corvette conversion. Hopefully he will chime in.
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Originally Posted by Xsta Z 28
Mark and I built some custom brackets based upon the year one model. I don't rememberthe specifics, but we bought some 1 1/2" aluminum angle and created a "cup", that bolts onto the back of the head, and then used SS washers, SS threaded rod and alumunum tube as spacers. This is for his 1963 GS Corvette conversion. Hopefully he will chime in.

Here's a pic of the driver side bracket. My only hope is that they clear the firewall, otherwise an alternate location will be required. I won't know about the clearance until I get the body from the body shop.


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