Hi. Ive been told to upgrade my factory ignition system by my tuner . Keen to get rid of the distributor cap and go coils. I was going to run a waste spark setup with a falcon coil pack and a microtech x4 igniter box to my lt8s ecu like wkd_vl has done (cheers for the info wkd_vl). I have been told though that i could instead run ls1 coils with internal igniters wired straight to the ecu using 3 ign outputs firing the coils in pairs (waste spark)? Cheers

I've done a set up using ls coils and wasted spark before wired to an adaptronic which worked well. I assume your ecu would be identical providing your ecu doesn't have the inbuilt ignitors like some of the microtechs

Quote: Originally Posted by PSI086 [View Post] I've done a set up using ls coils and wasted spark before wired to an adaptronic which worked well. I assume your ecu would be identical providing your ecu doesn't have the inbuilt ignitors like some of the microtechs Ok cheers. It doesnt have built in igniters. Do you know if i would have to change anything in the ecu configuration to get it to run? Just so it runs before i trailer it in for a tune

You may need to send the ecu back to microtech to be configured for wasted spark and maybe adjust dwell settings. It would pay to give them a call to confirm though. I'm not sure why they don't give you that sort of flexibility like all other manufacturers

I know when i converted to coil packs. From single coil on a lt10s. The car fired straight up. Didnt need to change anything

Thanks for the reply lads. I contacted microtech and my lt8s would have to be sent back to be reconfigured which would cost nearly as much as a new one so i have purchased a msd 6al. Hopefully it should do the job.

Msd 6al i was running with a blaster coil Before the coil upgrade. And i kept melting the rotor button

Quote: Originally Posted by Wkd_Vl [View Post] Msd 6al i was running with a blaster coil Before the coil upgrade. And i kept melting the rotor button Oh. It turned up today so will give it a crack and see what happens. I have a bosch mec726 coil already so hopefully i can use it with the msd. Not 100% sure

How much power are you going for? I've seen a few VLT's with microtechs using multicoil setups and all have had issues in either start up, and/or missing under load. I'd give microtech a buzz and ask if they want your particular ECU returned for an upgrade first. Otherwise, the old MSD6AL, distributor and msd lead combo will probably be good for 500rwkw. I made 445rwkw with it and it never missed a beat on nearly 32psi.

Only around 300kw atw for now. Don't want to push the jatco too far past that. I did talk to microtech and it would cost too much. Would be better off buying a new ecu. So ive bought a msd 6al ignition. I have a new bosch falcon mec726 coil which im hoping will work with the msd. Cant see why it wouldn't Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Quote: Originally Posted by camo7 [View Post] Only around 300kw atw for now. Don't want to push the jatco too far past that. I did talk to microtech and it would cost too much. Would be better off buying a new ecu. So ive bought a msd 6al ignition. I have a new bosch falcon mec726 coil which im hoping will work with the msd. Cant see why it wouldn't Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Yeah you won't have issues with the MSD unit, I ended up using the MSD blastr 3 coil and they worked well as a combo. I've also used ICE but would prefer MSD personally - but each to their own.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgz [View Post] Yeah you won't have issues with the MSD unit, I ended up using the MSD blastr 3 coil and they worked well as a combo. I've also used ICE but would prefer MSD personally - but each to their own. Awesome. Ive heard of people using the standard rb30 coil with the msd so i should be able to use bosch mec726 coil. One way to find out i suppose... Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

as long as its tuned, they're fine - but yeah they'll need a retune if you switch between coils.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wkd_Vl [View Post] Msd 6al i was running with a blaster coil Before the coil upgrade. And i kept melting the rotor button I had the same issue with my crane hi6. I'm putting it down to a crappy trigger signal as we discovered the timing was drifting really bad after swapping to ls coils. I'd say the rotor phasing was out a fair amount due to this