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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 11:33 PM
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Default Coil pack relocation kit "do it your self"

i know this has been posted several times before, but after doing hours of searching on here for instructons and pics, all af the linked sites seem to be down or just too old . Does any one have pics and instructions for a do it yourself coil rellocation kit. ......
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 12:12 AM
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http://www.ls1camaro.net/sections.ph...ticle&artid=68

i pretty much used this info to do mine, except I used a bunch of nuts between the coils on the rod to hold the coils inplace. Otherwise they might kinda move a lil, since its hard to get the rod size perfect.
heres a crappy pic of mine for right now, I had more pics but they're on my other computer
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 03:09 AM
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cool, thanks alot
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 03:23 AM
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Is this for spark plug relocation or something else. Sorry, newbie still learning the ins and outs of the engine bay.
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 05:25 AM
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Is this for spark plug relocation or something else. Sorry, newbie still learning the ins and outs of the engine bay.
This is to take your coil packs off of your valve covers and give your engine bay a cleaner look. You can do this with all the years except 98.... they attach to the valve cover differently.
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 07:22 AM
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Why would it not work with the 98's? Has anyone relocated them on a 98?
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 09:06 AM
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I did this to my car also. I used a 2 inch section of 3/8" rubber fuel hose between the coil packs to keep them from vibrating/ moving around. I have pics at the link in my sig. Look for the car pics folder.
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 09:57 AM
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Does anyone have any pics of the Thunder relocation coil kit?
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 10:20 AM
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go to the web site, they have pics. and when you see them, you will be hardpressd to see 200 bucks worth of parts there. it is a total rip off, thats why im going to just build my own
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 10:33 AM
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Where do you get the plug wires?
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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you have to get custom cut to fit plug wires for an LT1, i have heard that you can just use the normal LT! wires as well, but havent had anyone give me confermation on that.
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 11:13 AM
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go to www.thunderracing.com. look under ignition. they have a coil relocation kit for 199.99 that moves the coils to the underside of the cowling. that also comes with the exact length spark plug wires. looks pretty pimp
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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the highestprice in the thunder kit is the wires high quality custom made wires are extremely expensive becaues of the cost of the components

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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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Can't fit on a 98? I have a 98 and the coil relocation works just fine, all LS1 coils have the same mounting holes. Those are whats being used to tie em together. You can get a set of 99-02 valvecovers for a cleaner look, the 98 covers look awful when naked.
Here are a few pics of the TR/jay fisher coil relocation kit. Off the car to give you a good idea of what to buy if doing it yourself.







on the passenger side coil bracket/ the bracket is offset to clear the HVAC box underneath the cowl. I bought the TR kit, because it was just that a complete kit. I didn't have to mess with finding the right ends to complete the sparkplug wires and I didn't have to mess with all the cutting of spacers, brackets and threaded rod. Some will have the time to do that, but I was finishing an engine install so that took up all my time. The TR kit is real convienent.(sp?)
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Yeah i was thinking that all of the coils have the same monting holes, so thats good to know it will work on my car. Do you have any pics of your kit mounted on your car?
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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FRCEFED98,

your the man...thanks for those awsome pics bro. that realy helps out alot.. this is going to be much easier than expected
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 07:08 PM
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No Problem I will get a pic up tomorrow of how they are mounted up on the car, TR's site is kinda vague with their pic.
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Thanks man
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[QUOTE=frcefed98]Can't fit on a 98? I have a 98 and the coil relocation works just fine, all LS1 coils have the same mounting holes. Those are whats being used to tie em together. You can get a set of 99-02 valvecovers for a cleaner look, the 98 covers look awful when naked.
Here are a few pics of the TR/jay fisher coil relocation kit. Off the car to give you a good idea of what to buy if doing it yourself.

That is what I was saying.... I think that it look like shyt on the 98 valve covers The 99-02 valve covers will not fit on 98 heads... the 98's attach with like 8 bolts arond the lip of the cover.... while the 99-02's attach with 3 bolts down the center of the cover. If you have found valve covers for 98 heads let me know
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by frcefed98
No Problem I will get a pic up tomorrow of how they are mounted up on the car, TR's site is kinda vague with their pic.
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Sweet...I'd like to see this too!

Frcefed...what are the brackets made of...plain steel, stainless, aluminum...?
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