Ignition Coil Thread (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

[1988starter]

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[Mantis88LX]

is it ok to gap it lower than stock?

[HondaManDan]

or.. yanno... NO ONE CAN ANSWER ME!!!!

[HondaManDan]

now when i go to buy my new Accel coil.... what am i asking for??? should i ask for one for an 88 accord or is a universal thing? like ever car can use it? yeah... ALSO.. im planning on gapping my plugs around .05~.055.. is this cool??? just a week ago i put in new stock NGK plugs.. so it this alright to use? thanks

[87pimpsterdocious]

They're universal, but you don't want the one with the internal ballast. Your spark gap looks good and good plugs so go for it.

[1988starter]

I guess you could many people do who have forced induction but I do not see how it would help a regular car.

[Guyver007]

THe less the gap is the better or the more the gap is the better cause i put an accl coil and i didnt gap the sparkplugs at all i just bought them and put them on .. and what should i gap them too if i want more power "low end torque for an automatic..

[shepherd79]

yeah, the coil is universal yellow or crome color. i think it is 1240 model or something like that.
and spark plugs should be just fine.

[1988starter]

The part number is 8140 for yellow or 8140c for crome

[1988starter]

From what I understand less for forced more for normal and you should alaways check your plugs gap before install.

[1988starter]

keep the NGK and the .050-.054 is fine

[1988starter]

The part number is 8140 for yellow or 8140c for crome

[HondaManDan]

well... i installed my Accel coil... im running Blue Thunder wires... NGK .o57 gapped plugs.. im noticing no differance in ANYTHING with the car's performance.. i heard i was supposed to get a little bit better pull... at least some more low end torque... (marginal amounts of course) but the only differance i see is it idles around 500rpm instead of 700rpm... so am i missing something??? thanks!

[smufguy]

advance ur timing 3 to 5 degrees.

[A20A1]

if it runs good then you did it right... the plug gaps may be too high or still too low tuning the gaps take time... high gaps don't even need to be used on our engines even with a performance coil... with a modified engine then high gaps will make a difference. for us the coil will just equal consistant spark and or better gas milage. I think most of the performance gains came from the changing of the plugs and regaping them... it sort of cleaned off the old deposits and made the car run smoother.... a 500 idle is nice.

[1988starter]

Did you put the yellow wire on the positive side and the blue on the neg side also try shortning your gap.

[HondaManDan]

how do i advance timing? and if i do how do i NOT fuck it up?

[1988starter]

I wrote about it somewhere one sec

[A20A1]

you really should get a timing light to advance timing

[1988starter]

here look at the first page about half way down

https://www.3geez.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4325

[1988starter]

I drew an 3/16 inch mark and adwancdt the bottom of one mark to the top of the other if I needed to go back I would just reset it to the mark well I made two to be sure.

[A20A1]

make sure the car has warmed up first since the cold car and carb will give you a temporary rich mixture which will resist ignition.

[1988starter]

Thanks A20A1 I think I missed that in my writeup I knew I might miss a thing or two that Is why I asked people to tell me If I did.

[HondaManDan]

well i ran blue to negative... and black and yellow to positive... umm as far as advancing the timing i dont think i'll take it that far... but i do think i'll back down the gapping a little... i'll probably take it down to .05 dont wanna go to big.. ... also... i noticed that my engine tone got lower... probably considering that it's idling at around 500.. however.. even when i rev it it sounds more powerful.. and when im accelarating (tearing down main st.) i notice a whole nother engine sound.. i mean it sounds so much better than it used to... HENCE why i think it's about time to get me a muffler (heh heh) ... im thinking about one from speedpeople.com it was on sale this weekend for 89.99 with scilencer... sound cool? it's a tube, basically, says it has a good low tone which is what im looking for... i think im goin for it .. thanks for the help gents... ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS PLEASE TELL ME.... i'll post a thread... later

[1988starter]

Well make sure you have all 4 wires hooked up.. My friend's Tempo made a totally different sound when we put his on. And defantly try lowering your gap a little.