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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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Has anyone tried something similar to this ?

http://www.ls1camaro.net/sections.ph...ticle&artid=68

It looks easy enough to make the actual brackets, but first of all I dont really like where they are mounted, is there a better place / way to mount them?

Secondly what do you do for plug wires ? I have looked around and it seems like LT1 wires would probably do the trick ?

I have searched and didnt find too much, so if anyone has any DIY coil pack relocations lets hear more about it and some pics would be awesome too
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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From what I know there isn't a kit for this length of wire, however it looks like the thing lifts it up and over to the side of it,, along with securing the connections.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 12:34 AM
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just get a spool of wire and boots and make ur own length wires
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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I made my own wires and brackets. I used Taylor 8mm with LT1 teminal kit that you crimp on. The LT1 teminals plug into the coil end.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 12:27 PM
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Thunder Racing sells a coil relocation kit:
http://www.thunderracing.com/catalog...id=273&sid=185

Looks decent, but haven't heard any reviews about it.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 03:48 PM
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not sure why anyone would do this, I mean it looks like more clutter. differnatley better things to spend your money on
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 04:04 PM
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i have the Thunder kit and i like it. makes gettin to headers/spark plugs/valve covers alot easier since i don't have to remove my coils every time. it also cleans up the look alot. here is one pic i have, not the best, but oh well
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I cant justify 200$ on the thunder racing kit, I'm sure its great, but I think its dumb to spend that much on a bracket and some plug wires.

I need plug wires anyway so I figured I might as well try to do something with the coil packs
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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I made my own brackets and am waiting to mount them, so I will let you know what I end up doing for wires.
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 01:25 AM
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I want to do mine kinda like I saw in a picture of an ARE built car one time. They moved the coils to where the ABS module and AC evaporator were. I'm sure that you could just get some cut-to-length wire and make this work. I plan to do this when I do my ABS delete. I'll take some pics and do a writeup.
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 11:00 AM
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I made my own relo brackets a couple of years back. Mine are where ABS module and AC evap werre. I've been using a set of MSD 8.5mm LT1 wires ever since with no problems.
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